Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dowries"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dowry \Dow"ry\, n.; pl. {Dowries}. [Contr. from dowery; cf. LL.
dotarium. See {Dower}.]
1. A gift; endowment. [Obs.] --Spenser.

2. The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her
husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage.
See Note under {Dower}. --Shak. Dryden.

3. A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See
{Dower}.

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give
. . .; but give me the damsel to wife. --Gen. xxxiv.
12.

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