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▪ I. † fow, v. Obs.
Also 7 foe.
[a. ON. fága: see fay v.2]
trans. To clean, cleanse (out). Also fig.
13..Sir Beues 1120 (MS. A.) Beter be-come þe iliche, For to fowen an olde diche Þanne for to be dobbed kniȝt. c1350Med. MS. in Archæologia XXX. 351 Chyldys vryne þin ere fowe, And helpe þin ere on a throwe. c1440Jacob's Well (E.E.T.S.) 266 Take mekenes in herte, & þat schal fowyn out all trouble and vnreste. 1530Palsgr. 557/2 Thou shalte eate no buttered fysshe with me, tyll thou wasshe thy handes, for thou hast fowed a gonge late. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter i. 10 They are only good, when on the sabbath day they are fowing tap-houses.
Hence † ˈfowing vbl. n. Also † ˈfower, one who cleanses.
c1440Promp. Parv. 174/2 Foware, or clensare of donge, as gongys, and oþer lyke, fimarius, oblitor. Ibid. 175/1 Fowynge, or clensynge, emundacio. 1636James Iter Lanc. (Chetham Soc.) 9 note, He had found six thousand infants' heads in the foing of his fish ponds.
▪ II. fow
var. of fou a. Sc., full, drunk.
▪ III. † fow(e
Obs. A kind of fur. See faw a. 2. |