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单词 bowet
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bowetn.

Brit. /ˈbaʊᵻt/, U.S. /ˈbaʊət/, Scottish English /ˈbʌʊᵻt/
Forms: Middle English bowyt, Middle English–1500s bowett, 1500s–1800s bowat, 1800s booit, bouat, bouet, buat, 1500s– bowet.
Etymology: perhaps (as suggested by Way) < French boite (in Berry, according to Littré, bouete) box, case; or rather from its medieval Latin equivalent boeta: compare ‘abscondet ignem in boeta in secreto’ Du Cange, where see also Lucerna Boeta.
Scottish.
A small lantern.
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1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 46/1 Bowett, or lanterne, lucerna, lanterna.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. xxvi. f. 76v Sa aucht ȝe to vse ye law or command of God, as a Torche, Bowat or Lanterin.
1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 61 A twinkling light set..In little Bowet.
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xv. 229 McFarlane's buat (i.e. lanthorn).
1864 R. Reid Old Glasgow 395 Ladies frequently made use of hand bowets, having plates of thin horn in lieu of glass.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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