different between blowen vs blowe

English

Noun

blowen (plural blowens)

1. (obsolete, vulgar) A prostitute; a courtesan.
   • 1840, Regular Slangsman, The Flash Mirror, Or, Kiddy's Cabinet (page 12)

     Poll Strokem, an old blowen, well known about the streets of London, was continually crying; see her whenever you would, she was all snot and slobber, like a calf's head on a hot summer's day […]

Synonyms

• blowess

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bl?wan, from Proto-Germanic *bl?an?.

Alternative forms

• blawen, blowyn, bloawen, blowe, blow, blouen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl?u??n/
• (Northern ME) IPA^(key): /?bl?u?(?n)/

Verb

blowen

2. To blow; to produce a current of air:
   1. To blow as to eliminate or remove; to blow away or blow off.
   2. To breathe out; to emit air out of the mouth while breathing.
   3. To blow upon a musical instrument as to produce a sound.
   4. To inhale; to breathe in (something).
   5. To blow upon a fire to intensify it; to intensify.
   6. To blow up; to blow as to cause the inflation of something.
   7. To gasp, to struggle to breath.
3. To introduce a disease or illness by breathing.
4. To perform the smelting of metal.
5. To make a sound, especially flatulence.
6. To talk crudely and proudly; to insult.
7. To announce, to proclaim, to spread news.
8. (rare) To be shifted around by the wind.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• blower
• blowyng

Descendants

• English: blow
  • Northumbrian: blaa
• Scots: blaw

References

• “blouen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-14.

Etymology 2

From Old English bl?wan, from Proto-Germanic *bl?an?.

Alternative forms

• blowe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl?u??n/

Verb

blowen

2. To blossom; to flower.

3. (figuratively) To grow, to flourish.

Conjugation

Usage notes

This verb is occasionally weak, but usually remains strong, probably due to influence from Etymology 1.

Derived terms

• blowyng

Descendants

• English: blow

References

• “blouen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

English

Etymology 1

See blow (etymology 1)

Verb

blowe (third-person singular simple present blowes, present participle blowing, simple past blewe, past participle blowne)

1. Obsolete spelling of blow

Etymology 2

See blow (etymology 3)

Verb

blowe

1. (obsolete) past participle of blow (to flower, blossom)

Anagrams

• Below, Lebow, below, bowel, bowle, elbow

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bl?wan.

Verb

blowe

1. Alternative form of blowen (“to blow”)

Etymology 2

From Old English bl?wan.

Verb

blowe

1. Alternative form of blowen (“to blossom”)