dow

To furnish with a dower; to endow.

(Northern England, dialect, obsolete) To thrive, prosper.

(Northern England, dialect, obsolete) To be worth.

(finance) Dow Jones average

(countable) A male given name.

(countable) A surname transferred from the given name.

An unincorporated community in Jersey County, Illinois, United States.

An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.

Alternative form of dhow (“sailing vessel”). [(nautical) A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail.]

Obsolete form of dove (“pigeon”). [(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.]

Obsolete form of dough [A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.]

Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife”). [The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.]

Initialism of day of the week

(US, military) Initialism of United States Department of War.

(military) Initialism of department of war.

Alternative form of DOW.