chowre, chower,v.Obs.exc.dial. [Deriv. uncertain; also exists in form jower, jour, q.v.] To grumble, to scold. 1567Turberv.Ovid's Ep. 122 But when the crabbed Nurse beginnes to chide and chowre.1888Elworthy W. Som. Word-bk., Chower, chowre, to grumble.