DOWRY
ADJECTIVES
1522 ► DOTAL relating to a bride’s dowry
NOUNS
1330 ► MARRIAGE a dowry → obs.
1496 ► TOCHER dowry, the marriage portion which a wife brings to her husband → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1509 ► DOTE a woman’s dowry or marriage portion; property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage; an endowment → obs.
1515 ► MARRIAGE GEAR dowry, marriage portion → Sc. obs.
1552 ► DOWAGE dowry, dower → obs.
1600 ► MARRIAGE GOOD dowry, marriage portion → obs.
1822 ► DOT a woman’s dowry, esp. one of which only the interest or annual income is at her husband’s disposal
1833 ► SETTING OUT a dowry; a trousseau; the equipment necessary for establishing a household, usually in the form of a gift to a bride or newly married couple → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1560 ► DOTE to provide a bride with a dowry
1887 ► DOT to provide with a dowry → obs.
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