Meanings
nounminow (plural minows)
plural minows
- archaicArchaic spelling of minnow.
he gets him into swifter and swifter streams, and there lies at the watch for any flie or Minow that comes neer
1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN
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