ower

¹ American  

[oh-er] / ˈoʊ ər /

noun

• owers
  plural

1. someone who owes something (usually followed by of and the thing owed).

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ower ² American  

[oh-er] / ˈoʊ ər /

preposition

1. North England, Scot., Dialect. over.

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ower British  

/ ˈaʊər /

preposition

1. a Scots word for over

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• owers
  plural

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ower owers

I want my winnings in ower food prices.

From Time Magazine Archive

I tell the horse, G’up ower that, like Mr. Hannon.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

He says to the horse, G’up ower that, and the horse shakes his head and rattles the harness and Mr. Hannon laughs.That fool of a horse loves to work, he says.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

“Are ye no’ ower weary to be down again, my dear?” said Mr Dawson.

From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson

He is just his faither a’ ower again.”

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables

"All owers are repute to be vyce, Ower heich, ower law, ower rasch, ower nyce, Owre het or zit ower cauld."

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

It runs as follows:—Uxor.—What ship is that with so many owers, and straunge tacle; it is a greate vessell.

From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Alexander Barclay

We leaned on that side of the boat, so with our owers thrusted her out; we seeing her swime so well, hasted to kill her with our owers, which shee had for her paines.

From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Pierre Esprit Radisson

A' owers are ill, but ower the water and ower the hill.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

From this reason, all the owers of balances refused to pay the malwajib of the sircar.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

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