sowe
See also: sowę
English
Verb
sowe
- Obsolete spelling of sow.
- 1560, Peter Whitehorne, Machiavelli, Volume I[1]:
- It hath been sometyme of greate importaunce, whilest the faighte continueth, to sowe voices, whiche doe pronounce the capitaine of thenemies to be dedde, or to have overcome on the other side of the armie: the whiche many times to them that have used it, hath given the victorie.
- 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie[2]:
- The daughter of debate, that eke discord doth sowe Shal reap no gaine where formor rule hath taught stil peace to growe.
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English sūgu, sū, from Proto-Germanic *sugō. Compare swine. Use as a term for a siege engine is from Medieval Latin sūs.
Pronunciation
Noun
sowe (plural sowes or sowe)
- A female pig (protruding long tooth)
- A siege engine used to protect assailants.
- (rare) A sowbug; a woodlouse.
Descendants
References
- “sǒue (n.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.
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