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Sow (?), v. i. To sew. See Sew. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Sow (?), n. [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to s&ū;, D. zog, zeug, OHG. s&ū;, G. sau, Icel. s&ymacr_;r, Dan. so, Sw. sugga, so, L. sus. Gr. "y^s, sy^s, Zend. hu boar; probably from the root seen in Skr. s&ū; to beget, to bear; the animal being named in allusion to its fecundity. √294. Cf. Hyena, Soil to stain, Son, Swine.] 1. (Zo&ö;l.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
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2. (Zo&ö;l.) A sow bug.
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3. (Metal.) (a) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed. (b) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner. (c) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.
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4. (Mil.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like. Craig.
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Sow bread. (Bot.) See Cyclamen. -- Sow bug, or Sowbug (Zo&ö;l.), any one of numerous species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to Oniscus, Porcellio, and allied genera of the family Oniscidæ. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable substances. -- Sow thistle [AS. sugepistel] (Bot.), a composite plant (Sonchus oleraceus) said to be eaten by swine and some other animals.
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Sow (?), v. t. [imp. Sowed (?); p. p. Sown (?) or Sowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sowing.] [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. s&ā;wan; akin to OFries. s&unr_;a, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. s&ā;jan, G. s&ä;en, Icel. s&ā;, Sw. så, Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith. s&ē;ti, Russ. sieiate, L. serere, sevi. Cf. Saturday, Season, Seed, Seminary.] 1. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. “He would sow some difficulty.” Chaucer.
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A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside.
Matt. xiii. 3, 4.
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And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers.
Addison.
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2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
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The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, . . . and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles.
Sir M. Hale.
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[He] sowed with stars the heaven.
Milton.
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Now morn . . . sowed the earth with orient pearl.
Milton.
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Sow, v. i. To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.
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They that sow in tears shall reap in joi.
Ps. cxxvi. 5.
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