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Webster 1913 Edition

Stow

Stow

(stō)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stowed
(stōd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stowing
.]
[OE.
stowen
, fr.
stowe
a place, AS.
stow
; cf. Icel. eld
stō
a fireplace, hearth, OFries.
stō
, and E.
stand
. √163.]
1.
To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack;
as, to
stow
bags, bales, or casks in a ship’s hold; to
stow
hay in a mow; to
stow
sheaves
.
Some
stow
their oars, or stop the leaky sides.
Dryden.
2.
To put away in some place; to hide; to lodge.
Foul thief! where hast thou
stowed
my daughter?
Shakespeare
3.
To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely;
as, to
stow
a box, car, or the hold of a ship
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stow

STOW

,
Verb.
T.
[G. L., to crowd, to stuff; the handle of a plow. The sense is to set or throw down, from the more general sense of throwing, driving.]
1.
To place; to put in a suitable place or position; as, to stow bags, bales or casks in a ships hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves. The word has reference to the placing of many thing, or of one thing among many, or of a mass of things.
2.
To lay up; to reposit.
Stow in names, signifies place, as in Barstow.

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