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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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6,187 words match “OWE”

HALLOWEEN n.
The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day. [Scot.] Burns.
HARROWER n. 2 definitions
One who harrows.
HIGH-EMBOWED a.
Having lofty arches. "The high-embowed roof." Milton.
HORNBLOWER n.
One who, or that which, blows a horn.
HORSE POWER n. 4 definitions
The power which a horse exerts.
HOWEL v. 2 definitions
To smooth; to plane; as, to howel a cask.
HOWELL n.
The upper stage of a porcelian furnace.
HOWEVER adv. 3 definitions
In whetever manner, way, or degree. However yet they me despise and spite. Spenser. Howe'er the business goes, you have made fault. Shak.
IMBOWEL v.
See Embowel.
IMBOWER v.
See Embower.
IMPOWER v.
See Empower.
JOSEPH'S FLOWER n.
A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify.
JULY-FLOWER n.
See Gillyflower.
KNOWER n.
One who knows. Shak.
LADY'S BOWER n.
A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba).
LOWER v. 12 definitions
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag. Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love Down to a silent grave. Tennyson.
LOWER-CASE a.
Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.
LOWERING a.
Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky.
LOWERINGLY adv.
In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.
LOWERMOST a.
Lowest.
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