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English
Etymology 1
Noun
gow (plural gows)
- Alternative form of jow (“pre-metric unit of length in India”)
Etymology 2
From Chinese 膏 (gāo, “ointment”), probably as a shortening of 藥膏/药膏 (yàogāo).
Pronunciation
Noun
gow (uncountable)
- (colloquial, dated) opium
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English girl.
Pronunciation
Noun
gow f (plural gows)
- (slang) a girl, chick
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish gaibid (“lays hold of, grasps”).
Verb
gow (verbal noun goaill)
- (transitive)
- take, get
- catch, capture, apprehend, arrest, affect, engage
- (medicine) contract (as disease)
- (intransitive)
- imperative of immee
Mutation
Middle English
Pronoun
gow
- Alternative form of yow
Yola
Verb
gow
- Alternative form of goe
1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 5:Wu canna baar to gow aveel,- We cannot bear to go abroad,
1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 9:Wu canna gow to Ilone vaar,- We cannot go to the Island fair,
1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 13:Wu canna gow bee chapaal gaat,- We cannot go to the chapel gate
1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 17:Wu'll gow our wys to Chour Hill,- We'll go our ways to Chour Hill,
1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 6:"If thou dinna gow on chul daf thee yola skien."- "If you don't go on I'll strip your old skin."
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland