"pow" meaning in Scots

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Noun

IPA: /pʌu/ Forms: pows [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English pol, polle ("scalp, pate"). Cognate with English poll ("scalp"). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|pol}} Middle English pol, {{m|enm|polle}} polle, {{gloss|"scalp, pate"}} ("scalp, pate"), {{cog|en|poll}} English poll Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|pows|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} pow (plural pows), {{sco-noun}} pow (plural pows)
  1. head (of a human, animal, flower etc.) Categories (topical): Anatomy

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pow meaning in Scots (1.8kB)

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      },
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        "10": "",
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        {
          "text": "Three times the carline grain'd and rifted, / Then frae the cod her pow she lifted. Three times the old woman groaned and belched, then from the pillow her head she lifted. (Allan Ramsay, ‘Lucky Spence's Last Advice’)"
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scots dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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