Barrow vs Owe - What's the difference?
barrow | owe |
(obsolete) A mountain.
A hill.
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
(mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
* , chapter=7
, title= (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
*1854 , Dickens, Hard Times , Chapter 7:
*:He inherited a fair fortune from his uncle, but owed it all before he came into it, and spent it twice over immediately afterwards.
To have debt, to be in debt.
As a noun barrow
is (obsolete) a mountain or barrow can be a small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand or barrow can be a castrated boar.As a verb owe is
to be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.barrow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) berwe, bergh, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (mound of earth over a grave)Etymology 2
From (etyl) . More at bear.Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}