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ower

1 American  
[oh-er] / ˈoʊ ər /

noun

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


ower 2 American  
[oh-er] / ˈoʊ ər /

preposition

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


ower British  
/ ˈaʊər /

preposition

  1. a Scots word for over

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Did you not ask me to deposit the money that you might prove the "absurd story" to be an "ower true tale" and obtain the money?

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll

She was a sweet bit lassie, but she was frail in the constitootion, ye see, and the hard famishing winter was ower muckle for her feeble frame.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull

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

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

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

"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

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

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

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