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scow
[ skou ]
noun
- any of various vessels having a flat-bottomed rectangular hull with sloping ends, built in various sizes with or without means of propulsion, as barges, punts, rowboats, or sailboats.
- Eastern U.S. a barge carrying bulk material in an open hold.
- an old or clumsy boat; hulk; tub.
verb (used with object)
- to transport by scow.
scow
/ skaʊ /
noun
- an unpowered barge used for freight; lighter
- (esp in the midwestern US) a sailing yacht with a flat bottom, designed to plane
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scow1
1660–70, Americanism; < Dutch schouw ferryboat
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scow1
C18: via Dutch schouw from Low German schalde, related to Old Saxon skaldan to push (a boat) into the sea
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Example Sentences
Here the “c” is hard and represents 7, and as the steamboat could easily outrun the “scow,” the phrase is easily remembered.
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It was an ancient scow, housed over, and evidently had grown venerable in service as a floating fish-market.
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See him as he journeys down the Yukon in a scow loaded with lumber for a mission building.
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Footnote 23: A batteau is a kind of scow or flat-boat, used on shallow streams like the Hudson above Waterford.
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I do not remember the embarking on the great scow for our trip down the Columbia to the Cascades.
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