dowers

In New Bedford, fathers, they say, give whales for dowers to their daughters, and portion off their nieces with a few porpoises a-piece.

Notable & Quotable 2009

If one [667] die, the other party shall not marry till six months after; and because many families are compelled to live niggardly, exhaust and undone by great dowers, [668] none shall be given at all, or very little, and that by supervisors rated, they that are foul shall have a greater portion; if fair, none at all, or very little:

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  And such she was; her daughters had their dowers

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 2007

And then John Caldigate bethought himself with some pride that he could make a proper settlement on his wife without burdening the estate at Folking with any dowers.

John Caldigate 2004

In New Bedford, fathers, they say, give whales for dowers to their daughters, and portion off their nieces with a few porpoises a-piece.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

None were as pretty as Stara-but they all had dowers, which she did not.

The Lark And The Wren Lackey, Mercedes 1992

The lower jaw raises and dowers to show how the great slashing saber teeth passed neatly outside the bone.

The Metrognome and other Stories Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

The lower jaw raises and dowers to show how the great slashing saber teeth passed neatly outside the bone.

The Metrognome and Other Stories Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

Hearing of their distress, as if he'd not spent enough upon their marriage dowers, Alexander gave out that he'd settle up for them.

The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972

He'd given all those marriage dowers; he'd paid their debts; he'd held a parade of honor, with hosts of gifts and prizes for bravery and good service.

The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972