Definitions
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- verb obsolete To be
worth . - verb obsolete To be of use, have value.
- verb To have the strength for, to be able to.
- verb To
thrive ,prosper . - verb To furnish with a
dower ; toendow .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yet the dow is still well above 10,000 up from 6,000 when bush left.
Think Progress » CBO estimates that stimulus package has employed up to 2.1 million workers. 2010
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This means that with a Neighbornode you can broadcast a message to roughly everyone whose apartment window is within 300 feet of yours (and has line of sight), and they can broadcast messages back to you.
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The man at the wheel lifted a bleary eye and blinked; then, unsteadily touching his forehead, answered: "Fe 'dow'-shtairs, shir."
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888
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Tao pronounced dow, rhymes with cow is the Way, the laws and principles of the universe.
Divine Soul Songs Dr. Zhi Gang sha 2009
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Tao pronounced dow, rhymes with cow is the Way, the laws and principles of the universe.
Divine Soul Songs Dr. Zhi Gang sha 2009
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Tao pronounced dow, rhymes with cow is the Way, the laws and principles of the universe.
Divine Soul Songs Dr. Zhi Gang sha 2009
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There was an incident involving a dow, which is what these traditional boats that are about 30 feet long in the Persian Gulf that are used to ferry cargo in and around the Persian Gulf.
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The Obama Administration has helped many Right wing Families with tax cuts for the middle class, reduced home foreclosures, saved many jobs, Put pressure on wallstreet and the banks with REGULATION, Health care for all soon and The dow has recovered.
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Then, when you're stable, they might send you home with something to help you keep food dow...
Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Jack, Jack, Please Come Back!" Claudia Ricci 2011
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Then, when you're stable, they might send you home with something to help you keep food dow...
Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Jack, Jack, Please Come Back!" Claudia Ricci 2011
chained_bear commented on the word dow
If my esteemed colleague doesn't stop coming out of her office and loudly announcing, every fifteen minutes, the latest depths to which the Dow has plunged, I may well pull out a harquebuss and aim it at her. The stupidhead.
October 10, 2008
reesetee commented on the word dow
Aaagh! Try a blunderbus.
October 10, 2008
whichbe commented on the word dow
D'oh + Ow.
October 10, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word dow
Just found this, here:
Overheard in New York
Hobo on subway to man in suit: Spare change? Anyone? Spare change for the homeless? You look like you worked for Lehman Brothers, you're excused.
--51st St
Overheard by: Kate
October 23, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word dow
A dove. A dowcate is a term for a pigeon-house, pronounced dookit, according to Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841. dovecote
A shot amang the dows meant "any thing done at random".
May 16, 2011