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_To_ SOUTT, _v. n._ To sob, S. B.
Teut. _sucht-en_, suspirare, gemere.
SOW, _s._ A military engine anciently used in sieges, for covering those who were employed to undermine walls.
_Barbour._
Isl. _graf-suin_, q. the _digging sow_, as meant to cover those who dug under the wall.
SOW, HAY-SOW, _s._ A large stack of hay erected in an oblong form, S.
p.r.o.n. _soo_.
_L. Hailes._
Teut. _soeuw_, gleba qua agger conficitur.
_To_ ~Sow~, ~Soo~, _v. a._ To stack, S.
SOW, _s._
1. One who makes a very dirty appearance, S. B.
Teut. _souwe_, a common sh.o.r.e.
2. Any thing in a state of disorder, S. B.
_To_ SOW, _v. a._ To pierce, to gall.
_Barbour._
_To_ ~Sow~, _v. n._ To smart, to feel tingling pain, S.
_Wyntown._
Sw. _swid-a_, Dan. _swi-e_, to smart.
~Sowing~, _s._ The act, or effect, of piercing or galling, S. _sooin_; tingling pain.
_Barbour._
SOW-BACK, _s._ A head-dress worn by old women, Ang. probably denominated from its curved shape.
SOWCE, _s._ Flummery; such as _brose_, _sowens_, or oat-meal pottage.
_Gl. Sibb._
SOW-DAY, _s._ The name given to the 17th of December, in Sandwick, Orkney, from the custom of killing a sow, on that day, in every family that has a herd of swine.
_Statist. Acc._
SOWE, _s._ A winding-sheet.
_Second Sight._
Gael. _soadh_, a bed.
SOWEN, _s._ The paste employed by weavers for stiffening their yarn in working, S.
A. S. _seawe_, Belg. _sogh_, paste.
~Sowens~, _s. pl._ Flummery, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Sowens-porridge~, _s._ Pottage, made of cold _sowens_, by mixing meal with them while on the fire, Ang.
SOWERIT, _part. pa._ a.s.sured.
_Wallace._
SOWLIS, _s. pl._ Swivels.
_Lyndsay._
SOWLPIT, drenched.
V. ~Sowp~.
_To_ SOWME, _v. n._ To swim, S.
_Philotus._
SOWME, _s._ Number.
_Wyntown._
