yowe

noun

noun

/jaʊ/

Etymology From Middle English yowe, yeue, variant forms of ewe, from Old English eowu. Compare doublet ewe and Scots yowe.

Scotland, UK, Dialectal A ewe; a female sheep.

The ram was marked wi' keel at the reet o' the tail an' the yowes upon their hips.1902, James Thomson, Recollections of a Speyside parish:

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