Part 3428

<blockquote>Man in his primeval <b>dower</b> arrayed. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The property with which a woman is endowed</def>; especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His wife brought in <b>dower</b> Cilicia's crown. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband</def>.

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<note>&hand; <i>Dower</i>, in modern use, is and should be distinguished from <i>dowry</i>. The former is a provision for a widow on her husband's death; the latter is a bride's portion on her marriage.</note> <i>Abbott.</i>

<cs><col>Assignment of dower</col>. <cd>See under <er>Assignment</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dowered</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dow"ered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dowerless</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dow"er*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dowery</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dow"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Dower</er>.</def>

<h1>Dowitcher</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dow"itch*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The red-breasted or gray snipe (<spn>Macrorhamphus griseus</spn>); -- called also <altname>brownback</altname>, and <altname>grayback</altname>.</def>

<h1>Dowl</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dowl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Dowle</er>.</def>

<h1>Dowlas</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dow"las</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>Doullens</ets>, a town of Picardy, in France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture.]</ety> <def>A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dowle</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dowle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>douille</ets> soft. Cf. <er>Ductile</er>.]</ety> <def>Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>No feather, or <b>dowle</b> of a feather. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Down</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Down</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Akin to LG. <ets>dune</ets>, <ets>dun</ets>, Icel. <ets>d<?/nn</ets>, Sw. <ets>dun</ets>, Dan. <ets>duun</ets>, G. <ets>daune</ets>, cf. D. <ets>dons</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>dust</ets>.]</ety>