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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1604-1610
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Bowit, ppl. a. Also: bowvt, -et, boud. [ME. bowid, bowed, e.m.E. boude (1562), f. Bow v.1] Bowed, bent, curved. 1513 Doug. iii. iii. 81.
In bowit bargis throu the large streym we slyde 1513 Ib. viii. xi. 53.
Bowyt buklaris a1605 Montg. Son. ii. 5.
Boud Zodiak, circlebelting Phoebus bounds 1610 Misc. Maitl. C. I. 416.
A Heyland woman … gave hir a bowet atchesonne
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