† bowlandadj.
Obsolete. Scottish.
Curving, crooked, hooked.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective]
crooked?c1225
roundc1300
ybentc1330
bentc1374
cambera1387
curvate?a1425
curve?a1425
curved?a1425
bowingc1440
crumped1480
bowed1483
bended1495
bowlanda1522
compass?1523
curbed?1541
compassed1551
compassing1576
curvated1598
orbed1598
curving1609
ridgill-backed1611
incurved1623
inflected1646
incurvate1647
curvous1661
incurvated1665
swayed1688
bending1697
circumflex1707
curval1730
sweeping1772
bendy1800
curvatureda1810
curvative1846
hooped1852
swept1903
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. iv. 15 With handis like to bowland byrdis clewis.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. ix. 135 Ane hydduus grype with bustuous bowland beyk Hys maw immortal doith pyk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
<
adj.a1522