Lexicographical Neighbors of Powin
Literary usage of Powin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scotish Poems: Reprinted from Scarce Editions ... with Three Pieces Before by David Lindsay (1792)
"... powin in a port, prowd to repare, And als kepit ilk armes that I faid air.
... MS. margin, -J- The powin. A. XXV. ..."
2. The poems of Alexander Scott by Alexander Scott (1896)
"Plicht to the powin = plighted to the peacock. The vows of chivalry were not ...
Jamieson, sv powin. The origin of this seemingly ridiculous custom still ..."
3. Papers of the Manchester Literary Club by Manchester Literary Club (Manchester, England), Manchester Literary Club (1877)
"As Easter was the season for " powin" (hair cutting), so was it pre-eminently
for new clothes. The rooks were supposed to act after no dainty or delicate ..."
4. Vernacular Writings of George Buchanan by George Buchanan (1892)
"Plicht to the powin = plighted to the peacock. The vows of chivalry were not ...
Jamieson, sv powin. The origin of this seemingly ridiculous custom still ..."
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