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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOW, n.
1. The female of the hog kind or of swine.
2. An oblong piece of lead.
3. An insect; a milleped.
SOW'-BREAD, n. A plant of the genus Cyclamen.
SOW'-BUG, n. An insect; a milleped.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an adult female hog v
1: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: sow, seed]
2: introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"
3: place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds" [syn: inseminate, sow, sow in]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu; akin to Old English & Old High German s? sow, Latin sus pig, swine, hog, Greek hys Date: before 12th century 1. an adult female swine; also the adult female of various other animals (as a bear) 2. a. a channel that conducts molten metal to molds b. a mass of metal solidified in such a mold ; ingot II. verb (sowed; sown or sowed; sowing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English s?wan; akin to Old High German s?wen to sow, Latin serere, Lithuanian s?ti Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to plant seed for growth especially by scattering 2. to set something in motion ; begin an enterprise transitive verb 1. a. to scatter (as seed) upon the earth for growth; broadly plant 1a b. to strew with or as if with seed c. to introduce into a selected environment ; implant 2. to set in motion ; foment <sow suspicion> 3. to spread abroad ; disperse • sower noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v.tr. (past sowed; past part. sown or sowed) 1 (also absol.) a scatter (seed) on or in the earth. b (often foll. by with) plant (a field etc.) with seed. 2 initiate; arouse (sowed doubt in her mind). 3 (foll. by with) cover thickly with. Phrases and idioms: sow the seed (or seeds) of first give rise to; implant (an idea etc.). Derivatives: sower n. sowing n. Etymology: OE sawan f. Gmc 2. n. 1 a a female adult pig, esp. after farrowing. b a female guinea-pig. c the female of some other species. 2 a the main trough through which molten iron runs into side-channels to form pigs. b a large block of iron so formed. 3 (in full sow bug) esp. US a woodlouse. Etymology: OE sugu

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sow Sow, v. t. [imp. Sowed; p. p. Sownor Sowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sowing.] [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. s[=a]wan; akin to OFries. s?a, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. s[=a]jan, G. s["a]en, Icel. s[=a], Sw. s[*a], Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith. s[=e]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. A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside. --Matt. xiii. 3, 4. And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers. --Addison. 2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle. The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, . . . and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles. --Sir M. Hale. [He] sowed with stars the heaven. --Milton. Now morn . . . sowed the earth with orient pearl. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sow Sow, v. i. To sew. See Sew. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sow Sow, n. [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to s[=u], D. zog, zeug, OHG. s[=u], G. sau, Icel. s[=y]r, Dan. so, Sw. sugga, so, L. sus. Gr. "y^s, sy^s, Zend. hu boar; probably from the root seen in Skr. s[=u] to beget, to bear; the animal being named in allusion to its fecundity. [root]294. Cf. Hyena, Soil to stain, Son, Swine.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A sow bug. 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. 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. Sow bread. (Bot.) See Cyclamen. Sow bug, or Sowbug (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to Oniscus, Porcellio, and allied genera of the family Oniscid[ae]. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sow Sow, v. i. To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively. They that sow in tears shall reap in joi. --Ps. cxxvi. 5.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

I. VERB USES (sows, sowing, sowed, sown) 1. If you sow seeds or sow an area of land with seeds, you plant the seeds in the ground. Sow the seed in a warm place in February/March... Yesterday the field opposite was sown with maize. VERB: V n, be V-ed with n 2. If someone sows an undesirable feeling or situation, they cause it to begin and develop. He cleverly sowed doubts into the minds of his rivals... VERB: V n 3. If one thing sows the seeds of another, it starts the process which leads eventually to the other thing. Rich industrialised countries have sown the seeds of global warming. PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n II. NOUN USE (sows) A sow is an adult female pig. N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sou.

See SWINE.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Hog (female), pig, swine. II. v. a. 1. Scatter, strew, spread. 2. Disseminate, disperse, propagate, spread abroad. 3. Plant, put seed in. 4. Besprinkle, scatter over. III. v. n. Plant, scatter seed, put in seed.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A fat woman. He has got the wrong sow by the ear, he mistakes his man. Drunk as David's sow; see DAVID'S SOW.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	SOW
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	AWP
FAA District	NONE
State	AZ
State	ARIZONA
County	NAVAJO
County State	AZ
City Name	SHOW LOW
Full Name	SHOW LOW REGIONAL
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"SHOWLOW, AZ 85901"
Elevation	6415
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	PHOENIX
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	02
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	E
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	051
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	009
Based Ultralight aircraft	002
Commercial Services	001448
Air Taxi	005090
General Aviation, Local Operations	004859
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	019437
Military Aircraft Operations	000300
Latitude	34.2654722222
Longitude	-110.0056666667
State FIPS code	04
State Postal Code	AZ
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	4895
Version	09

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