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Definition of Bowned
1. bowne [v] - See also: bowne
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowned
Literary usage of Bowned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Kirk of Scotland by David Calderwood (1844)
"But Sir James not being able to be so soone readie, and Mr George Ker being bowned
off the countrie, it was thought best that ..."
2. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy (1857)
"44, going ta Bowne, ready; bowned, prepared. 1 Mr. Lambe also interprets "
BICKERING," by rattling,eg " And on that elee Ulysses head Sad i-iH.si* down does ..."
3. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1882)
"Gen11 Blake hath seased on 5 shipps coming from Brasili of his, & tenn more y*
were bowned thither. ..."
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