killow

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noun

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

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Meanings

killow1

nounkillow (plural killows)

plural killows

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

killow2

noun
  1. An earth of a blackish or deep blue colour.

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

    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

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with killow

pillowwillowarmadilloCarrillobillowbrilloDillowLi-Lopeccadillotamarillotillow
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Cite this entry
APA

killow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/killow

MLA

“killow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/killow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “killow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/killow.

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