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† ˈbowerly, a. Obs. exc. dial. [Cf. burly; also bower n.3 3.] Large; stout, burly.1542 Udall Erasm. Apophth. 184 b, He had seen..right greate and bowerly images. 1794 Wolcott (P. Pindar) Ep. to Bruce Wks. II. 478 The bowerly hostess, for a cart⁓horse fit. 1864 E. Capern Devon Provinc., Bowerly, stou...
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burly
▪ I. burly, n., burly-hurly early var. of hurly-burly. 1876 example in sense ‘bluster’.1835 Blackw. Mag. XXXVIII. 310 Let him fancy the burly—the contention—the claims and counterclaims. 1876 G. M. Hopkins Wr. Deutschland (1918) st. 27 In wind's burly and beat of endragonèd seas. 1563 Golding Cæsar ...
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towser
towser, n. (ˈtaʊzə(r)) Also 7 towzer, touzer, 9 touser. [f. touse v. + -er1; with senses c, d, e cf. thumper, whopper, etc.] One who or that which touses. a. (With capital T). A common name for a large dog, such as was used to bait bears or bulls; also transf. of a person.1678 Otway Friendship in F....
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