Definition of "dow"

dow¹

/daʊ/

verb
third-person singular simple present dows, present participle dowing, simple past and past participle dowed or dought
1. (obsolete) To be worth.
2. (obsolete) To be of use, have value.
3. (obsolete) To have the strength for, to be able to.
4. (obsolete) To thrive, prosper.

dow²

/daʊ/

verb
third-person singular simple present dows, present participle dowing, simple past and past participle dowed
1. To furnish with a dower; to endow.

dow³

/daʊ/

noun
plural dows
1. Alternative form of dhow (“sailing vessel”)

dow⁴

/daʊ/

noun
plural dows
1. Obsolete form of dove (“pigeon”).
  Quotations
  The fauconer then was prest,Came runnynge with a dow,And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’But she [his hawk] wold not bow.
  c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, page 63, lines 71–74

dow⁵

/daʊ/

noun
plural dows
1. Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife”)