v. t. [ F. douer. See Dower. ] To furnish with a dower; to endow. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. (Finance) shortened form of the Dow-Jones Index or Dow Jones Industrial Average;
n. A kind of vessel. See Dhow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Dow, v. t. ] Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. douagiere, fr. douage dower. See Dower. ]
With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Queen dowager,
n. The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mansions that have passed away into dowagerism. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Doucet. ] One of the testicles of a hart or stag.
a.
n.;
a. Like a dowdy. [ 1913 Webster ]