killow

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪləʊ

Etymology 1

Noun

killow (plural killows)

1. An old unit of measure for grain, used in Constantinople.

Etymology 2

From English dialect kollow (“the smut or grime on the backs of chimneys”).

Noun

killow

1. An earth of a blackish or deep blue colour.
   • 1728, J[ohn] Woodward, “Earths and Earthy Substances”, in A Catalogue of the Additional English Native Fossils, in the Collection of J. Woodward M.D., tome II, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, page 3:

     A black Earth, made into Form of a Ball, and called Killow.

Related terms

• collow

References

“killow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.