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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
jow (uncountable)
- Alternative form of jhow (“kind of tamarisk”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
jow (plural jows)
- (historical) A pre-metric unit of length in India, equal to approximately a quarter of an inch
Alternative forms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
jow
- Alternative form of Jew
Scots[edit]
Verb[edit]
jow (third-person singular simple present jows, present participle jowin, simple past jowt, past participle jowt)
- (transitive, intransitive) To ring or toll (a bell).
Noun[edit]
jow (plural jows)
- A stroke of a bell.