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stowed
(encz) | stowed,uložený adj: Jiří Dadák |
Stowed
(gcide) | Stow \Stow\ (st[=o]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stowed (st[=o]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Stowing.] [OE. stowen, fr. stowe a place, AS.
stow; cf. Icel. eldst[=o]a fireplace, hearth, OFries. st[=o],
and E. stand. [root]163.]
1. To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its
proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to
stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in
a mow; to stow sheaves.
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Some stow their oars, or stop the leaky sides.
--Dryden.
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2. To put away in some place; to hide; to lodge.
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Foul thief! where hast thou stowed my daughter?
--Shak.
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3. To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing
closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship.
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bestowed
(encz) | bestowed,udělený adj: Zdeněk Brožbestowed,věnoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
Bestowed
(gcide) | Bestow \Be*stow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bestowing.] [OE. bestowen; pref. be- + stow a place. See
Stow.]
1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow;
to place; to put. "He bestowed it in a pouch." --Sir W.
Scott.
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See that the women are bestowed in safety. --Byron.
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2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some
occupation.
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3. To expend, as money. [Obs.]
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4. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
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Empire is on us bestowed. --Cowper.
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Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. --1
Cor. xiii. 3.
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5. To give in marriage.
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I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.
--Tatler.
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6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a
reflexive pronoun. [Obs.]
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How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in
his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? --Shak.
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Syn: To give; grant; present; confer; accord.
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Stowed
(gcide) | Stow \Stow\ (st[=o]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stowed (st[=o]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Stowing.] [OE. stowen, fr. stowe a place, AS.
stow; cf. Icel. eldst[=o]a fireplace, hearth, OFries. st[=o],
and E. stand. [root]163.]
1. To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its
proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to
stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in
a mow; to stow sheaves.
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Some stow their oars, or stop the leaky sides.
--Dryden.
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2. To put away in some place; to hide; to lodge.
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Foul thief! where hast thou stowed my daughter?
--Shak.
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3. To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing
closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship.
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Stowed in bulk
(gcide) | Bulk \Bulk\ (b[u^]lk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk
lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b?lkast to be bulky.
Cf. Boll, n., Bile a boil, Bulge, n.]
1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size;
as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
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Against these forces there were prepared near one
hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a
more nimble motion, and more serviceable. --Bacon.
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2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion;
the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
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The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them,
"to obtain what by labor can be obtained." --J.
Morley.
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3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
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4. The body. [Obs.] --Shak.
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My liver leaped within my bulk. --Turbervile.
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Barrel bulk. See under Barrel.
To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the
cargo.
In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate
packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape
that any desired quantity may be taken or sold.
Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in
the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks.
Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight
or measure.
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Syn: Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness;
massiveness.
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Unbestowed
(gcide) | Unbestowed \Unbestowed\
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Unstowed
(gcide) | Unstowed \Unstowed\
See stowed. |
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