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Dowery

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Dow´er`y
n.1.See Dower.
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Noun1.Dowerydowery - money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
dower, dowry, portion
gift - something acquired without compensation
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She, the daughter of a petty baron, who boasted for all his domains but a ruinous tower, and an unproductive vineyard, and some few leagues of the barren Landes of Bourdeaux, her name was known wherever deeds of arms were done, known wider than that of many a lady's that had a county for a dowery.
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