owers
- plural of ower.
Example Sentences
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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 Radisson, Pierre Esprit
A' owers are ill, but ower the water and ower the hill.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
"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 Hislop, Alexander
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 Barclay, Alexander
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 Burke, Edmund
