to thrive, to mend, to recover ; he neither dees nor daws, he neither dies nor recovers. N.
·noun A kind of vessel. ·see <<Dhow>>. II. Dow ·vt To furnish with a dower; to <<Endow>>. ...
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In parish of St. Michael Paternoster at Dowgate, 1526 (L. and P. H. VIII. IV. Pt. I, p. 991), 1536 (...
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