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sowens

[ soh-uhnz, soo- ]

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. porridge made from oat bran or husks that have been soaked in water, slightly fermented, and then boiled.


sowens

/ ˈsuË-; ˈsəʊənz /

noun

  1. a pudding made from oatmeal husks steeped and boiled
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sowens1

1575–85; < Scots Gaelic ²õù²µ³ó²¹²Ô, derivative of ²õù²µ³ó sap
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sowens1

C16: from Scottish Gaelic ²õù²µ³ó²¹²Ô, from ²õù´Ú²µ³ó sap; related to Old High German ²õÅ«²µ²¹²Ô to suck
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Example Sentences

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Flummery, flum′ėr-i, n. an acid jelly made from the husks of oats: the Scotch sowens: anything insipid: empty compliment.

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He is a poet, and, according to his idea of that race, they subsist entirely upon porridge or on sowens.

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The Indulgence is but a dish of sowens with a muzzle thereafter, to make us for ever dumb dogs that will not bark.

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The master of the house, who was of Scotch descent, called it "sowens," and declared that every one present must eat some with butter and salt if he desired to have luck till next All-hallow Eve.

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If you had no teeth and no digestion, you were allowed a pint and a half of sowens porridge instead; and thus helped your portion of exhausted cavalry mount or your bit of tough mule-meat down.

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