blowe

See also: Blowe

English

Etymology 1

See blow (etymology 1)

Verb

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

1. Obsolete spelling of blow.

Etymology 2

See blow (etymology 3)

Verb

blowe

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

Anagrams

• Below, Lebow, below, bowel, bowle, elbow

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English blāwan.

Verb

blowe

1. Alternative form of blowen (“to blow”)

Etymology 2

From Old English blōwan.

Verb

blowe

1. Alternative form of blowen (“to blossom”)

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English blow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bluː/

Noun

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

• barnaugh-blowe

Related terms

• blay (“to blow”)

References

• 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