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Definition of Scowing
1. scow [v] - See also: scow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scowing
Literary usage of Scowing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Marshlands: (2d.ed.) And, The Trail of the Tide by John Frederic Herbin (1899)
"... scowing. FROM the marsh hay-fields, owned of sea and sky, Come the wet
scow-loads, drifting with the tide ; While fragmentary breezes curl and glide ..."
2. The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in by James C. Wilcocks (1884)
"Crowning or scowing the Anchor (fig, 58 c).—An excellent plan where the bottom
is doubtful or known to consist of sand ..."
3. The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in by James C. Wilcocks (1884)
"Crowning or scowing the Anchor (fig. 58 c). — An excellent plan where the bottom
is doubtful or known to consist of sand ..."
4. The Publications of the Harleian Society by Harleian Society (1878)
"... son of Edward scowing, lodging at Mr Mary Hurt, dau. of Jeremiah & Mary Hurt
Sarah Ainge, dau. of Edward Ainge Margaret Blaize, dau. of Jonas Blaize ..."
5. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, Brooke Heckstall-Smith (1900)
"scowing AN ANCHOR OR KEDGE.—When boats or yachts have to anchor on ... Sometimes,
instead of scowing the anchor a trip line is bent to the crown and buoyed. ..."
6. The Reiester Booke of Saynte De'nis, Backchurch Parishe (city of London) for by Joseph Lemuel Chester (1878)
"... son of Edward scowing, lodging at Mr Bulls Thomas Reynolds, son of Anthony
Reynolds Mary Hurt, dau. of Jeremiah & Mary Hurt Sarah Ainge, dau. of Edward ..."
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