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jow (JOW) - (chiefly Scot.) n., the ringing, tolling, or sound of a bell. v.t., to ring or toll (a bell); to hit or strike (esp. the head).


Also, an obsolete Indian unit of length equal to about a quarter of an inch/two-thirds of a centimeter, but that's not important right now. I found this by way of Words With Friends, which accepted it as a valid play so I had to look it up. Dates back to 1515 as a variant of joll, the noun form of jollen, to strike/knock, before which the trail apparently gets cold.

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