Crossword clues for powwow
powwow
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Powwow \Pow"wow`\, v. i.
To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting. [Archaic, formerly Colloq. U. S.]
To hold a meeting to discuss an issue. [Informal]
Powwow \Pow"wow`\, n.
-
A priest, or conjurer, among the North American Indians.
Be it sagamore, sachem, or powwow.
--Longfellow. Conjuration attended with great noise and confusion, and often with feasting, dancing, etc., performed by Indians for the cure of diseases, to procure success in hunting or in war, and for other purposes.
Hence: Any assembly characterized by noise and confusion; a noisy frolic or gathering. [Archaic, formerly Colloq. U. S.]
Any meeting assembled to discuss an issue; a parley.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "priest, sorcerer," from a southern New England Algonquian language (probably Narragansett) powwaw "shaman, medicine man, Indian priest," from a verb meaning "to use divination, to dream," from Proto-Algonquian *pawe:wa "he dreams, one who dreams." Meaning "magical ceremony among North American Indians" is recorded from 1660s. Sense of "council, conference, meeting" is first recorded 1812. Verb sense of "to confer, discuss" is attested from 1780.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A ritual conducted by a Native American shaman. 2 A Native American shaman. 3 A Native American council or meeting. 4 (label en informal) A short, private conference. vb. 1 (context intransitive of Native Americans English) To hold a meeting; to gather together in council. 2 (context intransitive of Native Americans and by extension other groups, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch English) To conduct a ritual in which magic is used. 3 (context informal intransitive English) To hold a private conference.
WordNet
n. a quick private conference [syn: huddle]
v. hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
Wikipedia
PowWow was one of the first Internet instant message and chat programs for Windows. It was made by a company called Tribal Voice, Inc.
PowWow (Power Optimized Hardware and Software FrameWork for Wireless Motes) is a wireless sensor network (WSN) mote developed by the Cairn team of IRISA/ INRIA. The platform is currently based on IEEE 802.15.4 standard radio transceiver and on an MSP430 microprocessor. Unlike other available mote systems, PowWow offers specific features for a very-high energy efficiency:
- the MAC layer is based on an asynchronous rendezvous scheme initiated by the receiver,
- architectural and circuit level optimizations were performed such as power management, frequency and voltage scaling and FPGA co-processing for low power,
- the software stack is very light (5 kbytes) uses event-driven programming and is currently derived from the Protothread library of Contiki.
Usage examples of "powwow".
The riotous powwow of setting a spar was going on down on the forecastle, and I went down there and stood around in the way-- or mostly skipping out of it--till the mate suddenly roared a general order for somebody to bring him a capstan bar.
The upshot of the powwow was that the Chopunnish said they had sent three of their warriors with a pipe to make peace with the Shoshonees, last summer, as they had been advised to do by the white men.
There-are a couple more faces I've seen at powwows, at Upper Sioux and Flandreau, Sisseton, Rosebud, all over the landscape.
They powwowed, then headed on down as the girls started upstream to find the settlement.
Then the whole crowd powwowed, turning from the dead man to the dead snake.
An hour later, he and the rest of the landing party were in the village's wooden longhouse powwowing with the leaders of Kami's tribe.
There had been trouble at this site before, and there were people who came to the powwows purely to harass the participants.
Pemulis sometimes treats his group's powwows like a kind of colloquium, sharing personal findings and interests.
Apparently, too, the Lugals are often allowed to wander off by themselves when there’s no work for them to do—much as we let our dogs run loose—and hold powwows of their own.
Collaci might have been sneakingly grateful for my pacifist powwow with the Sirocco Brothers, but his hired guns appeared to lack the imagination.