Show Search Results Show Browse
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1625
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Thowing, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. thowyng (c1325), þowynge (Trevisa), thawing (1586); Thow v.] Thawing, melting. — 1625 Glasgow B. Rec. II 564.
Ane ingle of collis … for thowing the yse af the mylne quheillis
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Thowing vbl. n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 15 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/thowing>
