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BestowBestow Be*stow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bestowing.] [OE. bestowen; pref. be- + stow a place. See
Stow.]
1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow;
to place; to put. ``He bestowed it in a pouch.' --Sir W.
Scott.
See that the women are bestowed in safety. --Byron.
2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some
occupation.
3. To expend, as money. [Obs.]
4. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
Empire is on us bestowed. --Cowper.
Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. --1
Cor. xiii. 3.
5. To give in marriage.
I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.
--Tatler.
6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a
reflexive pronoun. [Obs.]
How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in
his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? --Shak.
Syn: To give; grant; present; confer; accord. Bestowal
Bestowal Be*stow"al, n.
The act of bestowing; disposal.
BestowedBestow Be*stow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bestowing.] [OE. bestowen; pref. be- + stow a place. See
Stow.]
1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow;
to place; to put. ``He bestowed it in a pouch.' --Sir W.
Scott.
See that the women are bestowed in safety. --Byron.
2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some
occupation.
3. To expend, as money. [Obs.]
4. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
Empire is on us bestowed. --Cowper.
Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. --1
Cor. xiii. 3.
5. To give in marriage.
I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.
--Tatler.
6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a
reflexive pronoun. [Obs.]
How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in
his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? --Shak.
Syn: To give; grant; present; confer; accord. Bestower
Bestower Be*stow"er, n.
One that bestows.
BestowingBestow Be*stow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bestowing.] [OE. bestowen; pref. be- + stow a place. See
Stow.]
1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow;
to place; to put. ``He bestowed it in a pouch.' --Sir W.
Scott.
See that the women are bestowed in safety. --Byron.
2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some
occupation.
3. To expend, as money. [Obs.]
4. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
Empire is on us bestowed. --Cowper.
Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. --1
Cor. xiii. 3.
5. To give in marriage.
I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.
--Tatler.
6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a
reflexive pronoun. [Obs.]
How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in
his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? --Shak.
Syn: To give; grant; present; confer; accord. Jamestown weedJamestown weed James"town` weed` (Bot.)
The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura
stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown,
Virginia. See Datura.
Note: This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and
gympsum. Misbestow
Misbestow Mis`be*stow", v. t.
To bestow improperly.
Misbestowal
Misbestowal Mis`be*stow"al, n.
The act of misbestowing.
Stowage
Stowage Stow"age, n.
1. The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of
provisions in a vessel.
2. Room in which things may be stowed. --Cook.
In every vessel is stowage for immense treasures.
--Addison.
3. The state of being stowed, or put away. ``To have them in
safe stowage.' --Shak.
4. Things stowed or packed. --Beau. & Fl.
5. Money paid for stowing goods.
Stowaway
Stowaway Stow"a*way`, n.
One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave
port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free
passage.
StowboardStowboard Stow"board, n.
A place into which rubbish is put. [Written also stowbord.] stowbordStowboard Stow"board, n.
A place into which rubbish is put. [Written also stowbord.] Stowce
Stowce Stowce, n. (Mining)
(a) A windlass.
(b) A wooden landmark, to indicate possession of mining land.
Stowed in bulkBulk Bulk (b[u^]lk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk
lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b?lkast to be bulky.
Cf. Boll, n., Bile a boil, Bulge, n.]
1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size;
as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
Against these forces there were prepared near one
hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a
more nimble motion, and more serviceable. --Bacon.
2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion;
the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them,
``to obtain what by labor can be obtained.' --J.
Morley.
3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
4. The body. [Obs.] --Shak.
My liver leaped within my bulk. --Turbervile.
Barrel bulk. See under Barrel.
To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the
cargo.
In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate
packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape
that any desired quantity may be taken or sold.
Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in
the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks.
Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight
or measure.
Syn: Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness;
massiveness. Stowing
Stowing Stow"ing, n. (Mining)
A method of working in which the waste is packed into the
space formed by excavating the vein.
StowreStowre Stowre, n.
See Stour, n. [Obs.] --Spenser. StowreStowre Stowre, a.
See Stour, a. [Obs.]
Meaning of Stow from wikipedia
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Stow may
refer to:
Stow,
Lincolnshire or
Stow-in-Lindsey, a
village Stow of
Wedale or
Stow, Scottish...
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community within the
Akron metropolitan area.
Stow is
named for
Joshua Stow, its
original proprietor.
Joshua Stow was a
member of the
party led by
Moses Cleaveland...
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Stow Cr**** may
refer to:
Stow Cr**** (New Jersey), a
tributary of
Delaware Bay in
southern New
Jersey Stow Cr**** Township, New Jersey, in ****berland County...
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Stow-on-the-Wold is a
market town and
civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, on top of an 800-foot (244 m) hill at the
junction of main
roads through...
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Stow (or, archaically,
Stow-in-Lindsey) is a
village and
civil parish within the West
Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is 11
miles (18 km)...
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Stow is a town in Middle**** County, M****achusetts,
United States. The town is
located 21
miles (34 km) west of Boston, in the
MetroWest region of M****achusetts...
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Stowers is the
surname of:
Amando Stowers (fl. 1941–1951),
Western Samoan politician Chris Stowers (born 1974),
Major League Baseball outfielder Craig...
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Joshua Stow (April 22, 1762 –
October 10, 1842) was an
American lawyer, judge, and pioneer. He was the
founder of
Stow, Ohio,
served in the Connecticut...
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Stow of Wedale, or more
often Stow, /ˈstaʊ/ is a
village in the
Scottish Borders area of
Scotland (historically Midlothian), 7
miles (11 kilometres) north...
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Stow House is a U.S.
historical landmark in Goleta, California.
Formerly the
headquarters of
Rancho La Patera, the
Stow House, in the
Carpenter Gothic...
