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Definition of Owres
1. owre [n] - See also: owre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Owres
Literary usage of Owres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reliquiæ Antiquæ: Scraps from Ancient Manuscripts, Illustrating Chiefly by Thomas Wright (1845)
"And so the xix. day ys xiiij. owres longe and half, fro son to son. ... And so
the xxj. day of August ys xiij. owres and half longe. ..."
2. The First Three English Books on America ?1511-1555 A. D..: Being Chiefly by Pietro Martire d' Anghiera, Richard Eden, Sebastian Münster (1885)
"The leaues of their bokes are not fet in order after the maner of owres, ...
muche lyke vnto the Egiptian letters, and written in lynes lyke vnto owres. ..."
3. Polydore Vergil's English History, from an Early Translation Preserved Among by Polydore Vergil (1846)
"... is owres bie the promisse and gifte of that worthie prince our ... provoked Gods
wrath and indignation ; wherfore the victorie shall bee owres, ..."
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