_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._

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