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1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) Alternative form of poll.Examples: "he'd snuffle round the door till the few remaining hairs on the bald pow of Munro would fair rise on end."IrelandNorthern-EnglandScotlandalt-ofalternative

2. (skiing slang) Clipping of powder (“powder snow”).abbreviationalt-ofclippingslang

1. (countable and uncountable, cryptography, cryptocurrencies) Initialism of proof of work.Examples: "With PoW, as new, unverified transactions become available or broadcast to the entire blockchain network, each node that maintains a copy of the ledger (also known as a “miner”) verifies a set of those transactions to prevent so called “double spending”."abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable

2. (countable) Alternative letter-case form of POW (“prisoner of war”).Examples: "The communists demand the release of all prisoners detained by Saigon – not only the so-called PoWs. This distinction between “prisoners” and “prisoners of war” is significant since the great majority of the NLF members held by Saigon do not have PoW status. Until 1965 there was no such thing as a PoW; NLF prisoners were considered common criminals."; "My Lords, is my noble friend aware that in my opinion Saddam Hussein is very lucky that he has been classed as a PoW? Who decided that he was going to be a PoW and who decided that the people in Guantanamo Bay are not PoWs?"; "Until the late eighteenth century, it was normal to have ad hoc and often short-term holding of PoWs. But with the development of substantial armies and navies and so the ability to take large numbers from even a single conflict, the concept of PoW camps developed in order to manage the captives."alt-ofcountable