dowp

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the carrion crow, in northern English dialect

   A dowp settled on the wall and watched the field below.

A northern English dialect name for the carrion crow, also recorded as daup, dawp, dope, doup, and doupe. Historical dictionaries give the origin as unknown; it is distinct in sense from the Scots doup meaning a bottom or butt end.

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