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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
STOW, n.2 Only in phrs. rap and stow, stab and stow, stick and stow, stock and stow, root and branch, wholly, entirely. See Rap, n.5, Stab, n.1, Stick, n.2, (3), Stock, n.1, 17. (3), for examples.
[For the expression cf. the Du. equivalent stuk of stol, which may be the orig. of stick and stow.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Stow n.2". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 25 Dec 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/stow_n2>
