Also dial. stowyer. [f. STOW v.1 + -ER1.] One who stows; one who stows a ship, a stevedore; one of a fishing crew whose work is to stow the net; a miner whose work is to pack up stone.
1769. Falconer, Dict. Marine, II. (1780), Arrimeur, a stower.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., s.v. Stowage, The stower seldom consults the specialities of the vessel’s construction.
1886. Newcastle Daily Chron., 23 Nov. (E.D.D.). The packing is done by a class of men called stowers.
1892. P. H. Emerson, Son of Fens, vii. 64. Go down into the net-room where the stowyer get it and stow it up.
1906. Dundee Advertiser, 28 May. A Lochee woman,… wife of a stower residing in South Road.
