From en.wiktionary.org:
[Stow]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en] [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en]. Cognate with
[ofs], [is], [nl], [de]. See also [ang].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A place , stead .
***** Quotations
- [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], [enm], [enm], from [en], from [en], [gem-pro], from [en]. Cognate
with [nl], [nl], [nds], [de].
**** Verb
[en-verb] [en]
1. To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
2. To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1922 | author=James A. Cooper | title=Sheila of Big Wreck Cove
|passage=Yet everybody knows that a cargo properly STOWED in a seaworthy craft
reaches market in much the better condition than by rail, though perhaps it is
some hours longer on the way.}}
1. To arrange , pack , or fill something tightly or closely .
2. To dispose of, lodge , or hide somebody somewhere.
3. * [I]
4. [en] To cease; to stop doing something.
5. * _Bet the Coaley's Daughter_ (traditional song)
6. *: But when I strove my flame to tell, / Says she, 'Come, STOW that patter, / If you're a cove wot likes a gal, / Vy don't you stand some gatter ?' / In course I instantly complied— / Two brimming quarts of porter, / With sev'ral goes of gin beside, / Drain'd Bet the Coaley's daughter.
7. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1883 | author=Robert Louis Stevenson | title=Treasure Island
|passage=“Come, come,” said Silver; “ STOW this talk. He’s dead, and he don’t
walk, that I know; leastways, he won’t walk by day, and you may lay to that.
Care killed a cat. Fetch ahead for the doubloons.”}}
***** Derived terms
{{col|en |bestow |misstowed |stowable |stowage |stow away |stower |stowing
|unstow }}
***** Translations
[to put something away in a compact and tidy manner]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Norwegian:
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to put something away to store it in a space-saving manner and over long
time]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
**** Interjection
[en-interj]
1. [en] [A cry used by falconer s to call their bird s back down to hand.]
2. * [Hauke]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Old English
*** Etymology
From [ang], from [ang], from [ang].
*** Pronunciation
- [stōw]
*** Noun
[f]
1. a place
2. * LATE 10TH CENTURY , 吴语: Ælfric of Eynsham , "Saint Maur, Abbot" (see https://archive.org/details/aelfricslivesof01aelf/page/161/mode/2up?q=)
3. *: [ang]
4. * {"content": "''", "type": "DELIM", "wikinode": "WikiDelimNode"} Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church (see https://books.google.com/books?id=m2hVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA512#v=onepage&q&f=false)
5. *: [ang]
6. a place on the body
7. a place that is built; house , collection of houses, habitation, dwelling
8. a place, position , or spot in a series
9. a room , stead
10. a place or passage in a book
**** Declension
[stōw]
**** Derived terms
- [ang]
**** Descendants
- [enm]
- [sco]
- [en]
** Scots
*** Verb
[sco]
1. [sco] To cut off ; to crop .