blowe

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English

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Etymology 1

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See blow (etymology 1)

Verb

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blowe (third-person singular simple present blowes, present participle blowing, simple past blewe, past participle blowne)

  1. Obsolete spelling of blow.

Etymology 2

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See blow (etymology 3)

Verb

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blowe

  1. (obsolete) past participle of blow (to flower, blossom)

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English blāwan.

Verb

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blowe

  1. Alternative form of blowen (to blow)

Etymology 2

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From Old English blōwan.

Verb

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blowe

  1. Alternative form of blowen (to blossom)

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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blōwe

  1. inflection of blōwan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English blow.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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blowe

  1. stroke
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:
      Chote well aar aim was t'yie ouz n'eer a blowe.
      I saw (well) their intent was to give us ne'er a stroke.
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11, page 88:
      Wode zar; mot, all arkagh var ee barnaugh-blowe,
      Would serve; but, all eager for the barnagh-stroke,

Derived terms

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  • blay (to blow)

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 84