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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bowand, ppl. a. Also: bouand. [Northern ME. bowande, boghand (14th c.), f. Bow v.1] Bowing, bending, curving, inclining.c1475 Wall. iii. 216.
Thai … On bowand treis hangyt thaim rycht thar Ib. ix. 1929.
Bowand bron-haryt 1513 Doug. iii. v. 6.
A bowand scheild of plait Ib. vii. iii. 77.
The bowand axis Ib. viii. 87; etc.
In a bowand horn 1533 Boece xii. xv. 484.
Slaying grete nowmer of tratouris with his bowand swerde 1534 Bamff Chart. 65.
Togidder with ane bowand stane northour … and ane cairne of stanes betwixt the cross and the bowand stane a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xlviii. 185.
The bouand dolphin, tumbland lik a vhele 1596 Edinb. Test. XXIX. 206 b.
Ane bowand liddit ark standand in ye girnell wolt
