Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1820
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¶MOWR, n. A mocking, jeering, scoff.Sc. 1820 Marmaiden of Clyde in Edb. Mag. (May) 423:
Wi' mop an' mowr, an' glare, an' glowr, Grim faces girn ower the waves.
[Poss. a nonce deriv. of *mow, Mows, but the language of the source is artificial and eclectic.]
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