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Definition of Dowlases
1. dowlas [n] - See also: dowlas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dowlases
Literary usage of Dowlases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Their manufactures for some years consisted of ginghams, checks, j ticks, dowlases,
calicoes, and linens. John, : the youngest partner, occupied himself ..."
2. pennsylvania archives by Pennsylvania State Library, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth (1875)
"... the Ballance, as 1 have directed him to take out Notes for the most part of it.
I have arriv'd in St. Eustatia, 26 Boxes of Russia Sheeting, dowlases, ..."
3. The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845)
"These are, manufacture of dowlases, by Mr John Inglis, employing 35 hands ;
flax-spinning, by Mr John Annan, 5200 spindles annually ; flax-spinning, ..."
4. History of Scotland [1149-1603] by Patrick Fraser Tytler (1841)
"Execution of the dowlases. The Douglases, along with their unfortunate friend
and adherent Malcolm Fleming, were beheaded, according to Gray's MS., ..."
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