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† ˈbowerly, a. Obs. exc. dial.
[Cf. burly; also bower n.3 3.]
Large; stout, burly.
1542Udall Erasm. Apophth. 184 b, He had seen..right greate and bowerly images. 1794Wolcott (P. Pindar) Ep. to Bruce Wks. II. 478 The bowerly hostess, for a cart⁓horse fit. 1864E. Capern Devon Provinc., Bowerly, stout, rotund. 1880Mrs. Parr Adam & E. xxi. 298 Eve's a fine bowerly maid. 1880M. A. Courtney W. Cornw. Gloss., Bowerly, burly; corpulent. 1880T. Q. Couch E. Cornw. Gloss., Bowerly, stately and comely. |