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scow en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /skaʊ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch schouw.
Meanings
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A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
This steamboat was exactly like a decked scow.
1899, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Heart of Darkness:
Forms
Deriveds
garbage scow · mud scow
scow en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /skaʊ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch schouw.
Meanings
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(transitive) To transport in a scow.
Forms