Dhow vs. Dow

Dhownoun

(nautical) A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail.

Dhownoun

A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail.

Dhownoun

a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs

Dhow

Dhow (Arabic: داو‎, romanized: dāwa; Marathi: dāw) is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Historians are divided as to whether the dhow was invented by Arabs or Indians.

Dowverb

(obsolete) To be worth.

Dowverb

(obsolete) To be of use, have value.

Dowverb

(obsolete) To have the strength for, to be able to.

Dowverb

(obsolete) To thrive, prosper.

Dowverb

To furnish with a dower; to endow.

Downoun

A kind of vessel. See Dhow.

Dowverb

To furnish with a dower; to endow.

Dow

shortened form of the Dow-Jones Index or Dow Jones Industrial Average; as, the Dow rose 100 points today.