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GOW, _s. To tak the gow_, to run off without paying one's debts, Ang.

O. Teut. _gouw_, a country.

GOWAN. _s._

1. The generic name for daisy, S.

_Brand._

2. Singly, it denotes the mountain daisy, S.

Gael. _gugan_, a daisy.

_Burns._

~Ewe-gowan~, _s._ The common daisy, S. B. probably from the _ewe_, as being frequent in pastures, and fed on by sheep.

~Horse-gowan~, _s._ The Leontodon, the Hypochaeris, and the Crepis, S.

~Yellow-gowan~, In S., denoting different species of the Ranunculus, the Marsh marigold, and Corn marigold.

_Ramsay._

~Gowany~, _adj._ Abounding with daisies, S.

_Ramsay._

GOWAND, _s._ Apparently, equivalent to _young man_.

_Henrysone._

A. S. _gowen_, tyrocinium; q. in a state of apprentices.h.i.+p.

GOWDIE. _Heels o'er gowdie_, topsy-turvy, S.

_Burns._

GOWDY, _s._ A jewel.

_Evergreen._

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