zowl

Noun

zowl (plural zowls)

1. (Berkshire dialect) Soul.
   • Nothin like patience, as owld Rachael Cark used to zay ; — a body med do anything wi' patience, but 'a never could persuade her owld man zo, 'specially when 'a baked his breeches, poor owld zowl an bin!1850, John Yonge Akerman, Spring-tide: Or, The Angler and His Friends, page 108
   • Her interest in him, he being a young Londoner and stranger, who had a real goold watch, and a real goold pin in his tie, was merely of that kind which would have led Fred, in his turn, to gaze upon a giraffe, or a phoenix, or anything of that kind; but it was, nevertheless, somewhat embarrassing...1859, Ebb and flow, page 48