Sc. and north. dial. [app. a dialect form of JOWL sb.4]
1. A knock, push.
1790. Mrs. Wheeler, Westmld. Dial., i. 38. They gav her a jow an she fell oa my Knee.
2. Sc. A single stroke or pull in the ringing of a bell; the ringing, tolling or sound of a bell.
17[?]. Barbara Allen, vii. And ev’ry jow that the dead-bell gied, It cry’d woe to Barbara Allen.
1818. Scott, Br. Lamm., xxiv. That’s another jow of the bell to bid me be ready.
1833. Carlyle, Lett., 18 Nov., in Froude, Life, II. xvi. 378. The jow of the old bell went far into my heart.
3. Sc. The dashing of a wave on the shore; the wave thus dashed; = JAW sb.2
1820. in Edin. Mag., May, 423/1 (Jam.).
| An’ wi’ swash an’ swow, the angry jow, | |
| Cam lashan’ doun the braes. |
