"gow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gow (plural gows)
  1. Alternative spelling of jow (“a pre-metric unit of length in India”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: jow (extra: a pre-metric unit of length in India)
    Sense id: en-gow-en-noun-w7xHE3l9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 43 37 6 6 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡaʊ/ [US]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: From Chinese 膏 (gāo, “ointment”), probably as a shortening of 藥膏/药膏 (yàogāo). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|膏||ointment}} 膏 (gāo, “ointment”), {{zh-l|藥膏}} 藥膏/药膏 (yàogāo) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gow (uncountable)
  1. (colloquial, dated) Opium. Tags: colloquial, dated, uncountable Related terms (etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "gow"): har gow, pai gow
    Sense id: en-gow-en-noun-LF-dfHbh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 43 37 6 6 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 47 5 5 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      ]
    }
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      "rhymes": "-aʊ"
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}

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