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Bestow
Bestow 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.
Bestowed
Bestow 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.
Bestowing
Bestow 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 weed
Jamestown 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.
Stowboard
Stowboard Stow"board, n. A place into which rubbish is put. [Written also stowbord.]
stowbord
Stowboard 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 bulk
Bulk 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.
Stowre
Stowre Stowre, n. See Stour, n. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Stowre
Stowre Stowre, a. See Stour, a. [Obs.]

Meaning of Stow from wikipedia

- Look up stow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stow may refer to: Stow, Lincolnshire or Stow-in-Lindsey, a village Stow of Wedale or Stow, Scottish...
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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...
- Stow of Wedale, or more often Stow, /ˈstaʊ/ is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland (historically in Midlothian), 7 miles (11 kilometres)...
- 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)...
- Stow was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of 22,710 acres (91.9 km2). Stow Hundred a fertile and picturesque district in central Suffolk around seven miles...
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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...