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VOWEE. 321 VOWESS.<br />
Aurelia. 1590 Spenser F. Q. i. xii. ig The troubler of my<br />
happie peace, And vowed foe of my felicitJe. 1633 T, Staf.<br />
FORD Pac. Hih. I. xix. (1821) 204 He was a vowed enemy to<br />
the English Government. 1810 Scott Lady ofLake v. v,<br />
Whence the bold boast by which you show Vich-AIpine's<br />
vow'd and mortal foe?<br />
te. transf. Pertaining to a devotee. Obsr'^<br />
1665 T. Manlev Grotius' Lew C, ll^ars 49 Others, after<br />
the old manner of Mourning, in a vowed Habit, promise and<br />
swear, Never to cut their Hair,untill they had revenged the<br />
Klood of tliose Noble-men.<br />
2. Undertaken or performed in consequ^ce of,<br />
or under the sanction of, a vow.<br />
153J [see I aj. 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 25 Why<br />
do they wery theniselues wiih vowed pilgrimages to visit<br />
those images wheiof tliey haue like at home. i6a6 Donne<br />
Serm., Luke ii. zg-jo (1640) 30 Notliing that countenances<br />
a vowed virginity, to ttie dishonour or undervaluing of<br />
marriage, x-jix P. Metcalfe Li/e S. Winefride (1917) 7<br />
S. Wenefride ofTer'd herself a Sacrifice, to preserve her<br />
Vow'd Virginity, x^to Wklton Svffer, Son 0/ God I. xi.<br />
280 That the Religious might not over-value themselves on<br />
Account of their Vowed Poverty. x8i8 SHELLEy Rosal. ^<br />
Helen 342 That mother Whom to outlive, and cheer, and<br />
make My wan eyes glitter for her sake. Was my vowed<br />
task.<br />
+ b. Solemnly consecrated or dedicated. Obs.<br />
1585 Fethehstone tr. Calvin on Acts xxiii. 16 Paul<br />
shoultle come out on the morrowe to be slaine, as a vowed<br />
sacrifice. 1S9T SiENbER Virg. Gnat 603 Curtius.-stifly<br />
bent his vowed life to spill, c 2630 Milton5M Ode Horace<br />
13 Me in my vow'd Picture the sacred wall declares t'have<br />
hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern God of<br />
Sea. 1691 tr. Eviilianne's Frauds Rotn. Monks (ed. 3)<br />
181 These Vow'd Pictures we generally find in alt the<br />
Churches of Italy.<br />
c. Confirmed by a vow or vows ; solemnly<br />
promised or guaranteed.<br />
1590 Spenser /'. I a<br />
I<br />
Q. 11. iv. i8 Our selues in league of vowed<br />
loue we knit. 1603 Shaks. Mens, /or M. v. l 209 This is<br />
j<br />
the hand* which with a vowd contract Was fast belockt in<br />
i in<br />
thine. 1625 K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis n. xv. m She<br />
! Guest<br />
would not suffer the memory oftheir vowed love to be blotted<br />
I the<br />
out with absence. 1655 Ld. Norwich in Nidwlas Papers 1871 i<br />
(Camden) 11.259,1 may without danger now present my<br />
humblest and all vowed duty to you. 1697 Drvden Aineid<br />
IX. 365 No fate my vow'd atfection shall divide From thee,<br />
heroick youth ! 1704 J. I'bapp Ahra-Muli v. i. 2544 Nor<br />
Fate, nor you, can my vow'd Faith control.<br />
d. Solemnly sworn or threatened.<br />
1590 Spenser F.Q. it.vi. 8 Of his wayhehadnosouenance,<br />
Nor care of vow'd reuenge, and cruell fight. 1697 Drydkn<br />
/Eneid v. 1063, 1 sought with joy The vowed destruction of<br />
ungrateful Troy. ///' Ferumcras 405 Ne were it for reprcue, By<br />
Mahoun. J^at ysmy vowee (i.r. vowe], of i>yn heued y wolde<br />
J>ee reue.<br />
Vowel (vQu'el), sb. Also 4 wowel (6 -ell),<br />
5-7 vowoU(e. [a. OF. vouei (also vouyeiy voy-,<br />
voieul) masc. :— L. vocaUem or vocale^ masc. and<br />
neut. ace. sing, of vocaiis Vocal a. The later OF.<br />
voielUj mod.F. voyelle, Prov. and Sp. vocal, Pg.<br />
vogaty It. vo€ale are fern., after the L. sb. vocaiis^<br />
1. A sound produced by the vibrations of the<br />
vocal cords; a letter or character representing<br />
such a sound (as a, e^ i, etc.).<br />
' A vowel may be defined as voice (voiced breath) modified<br />
by some definite configuration of (lie super-glottal passages,<br />
but without audible friction (which would make it into a<br />
consonant) ' {Sweet Primer of Plwnttics, ed. 2, § 52).<br />
c _ ijfiASat. Kildare iii. in E. E. P. (1862) 153 pb uers is<br />
imakid wel of consonans and wowel. C1450 Mankind ^e v. vowellys. x^^Cath.Angl. 404/1 A vowclle,<br />
vocaiis. 1530 Palscr. Introd. p. xv. They forme certayne<br />
of theyr vowelles in theyr brest. Ibid. p. xvii, Any<br />
of the fyrst thre vowels A, E or O, 1551 T. Wilson Logike<br />
G vij b, In these wordes there be fourc vowels to be considered,<br />
and marked. 1587 Golding DeMornayxxw. (1592)<br />
368 They drive tlieir clauses to fall alike, they eschew nyceiy<br />
the meeting together of vowels. i6xa Bkinsley Lud. Lit. 15<br />
More specialty to bee carefull, for the right pronouncing the<br />
fiue vowels. 1669 Holder Elem. Speech 29 In all Vowels<br />
the passage of the mouth is open and free, without any<br />
appulse ofan Organ of Speech to another. 1687 Dryden<br />
Hind
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