Sow definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SOW, n. 1. The female of the hog kind or of ... 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 ... 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 ( ...
Sow-thistle definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SOW'-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Sonchus. The downy sow-thistle is of the genus Andryala. SOW, v.t. pret. sowed; pp. sowed or sown. [L. sevi ... purpose growth and the production of a crop; as, to sow good seed; to sow a bushel of wheat or rye to the acre; ...
DAVID'S SOW Definitions 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue As drunk as David's sow; a common saying, which took its rise from the following ... Welchman, who kept an alehouse at Hereford, had a living sow with six legs, which was greatly resorted to by the ... much, and being fearful of the consequences, turned out the sow, and lay down to sleep herself sober in the stye. A company coming in to see the sow, David ushered them into the stye, exclaiming, there is a sow for you! did any of you ever see such ...
sow thistle definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any ... flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil [syn: sow thistle, milk thistle] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 13th century ... oleraceus) widely naturalized in North America Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sow Sow, n. [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to s[=u ... or of the hog kind. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A sow bug. 3. (Metal.) (a) A channel or runner which receives ... place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like. --Craig. Sow bread. (Bot.) See Cyclamen. Sow bug, or Sowbug (Zo[" ...
sow bug definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: terrestrial ... isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow) Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1750 wood louse; especially a ... of curling itself into a ball Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sow Sow, n. [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to s[=u ... or of the hog kind. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A sow bug. 3. (Metal.) (a) A channel or runner which receives ... place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like. --Craig. Sow bread. (Bot.) See Cyclamen. Sow bug, or Sowbug (Zo[" ...
Sow bread definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sow Sow, n. [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to s[=u ... or of the hog kind. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A sow bug. 3. (Metal.) (a) A channel or runner which receives ... 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 ...
To sow one's wild oats definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary To ... untamed; to live or grow without culture or training. To sow one's wild oats. See under Oat. Wild allspice. (Bot ... s oats, to be conceited ro self-important. [Slang] To sow one's wild oats, to indulge in youthful dissipation. --Thackeray ...
buy or sow definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gapeseed Gape"seed`, n. A person who looks or stares gapingly. To buy, or sow, gapeseed, to stare idly or in idle wonderment, instead of ...
self-sow definitions Merriam Webster's intransitive verb (self-sowed; self-sown or -sowed; -sowing) Date: 1608 to sow itself by dropping seeds or by natural action (as of ...
... climate. 2. To shed the seed. SEED, v. t. To sow; to sprinkle with seed, which germinates and takes root. WordNet ... the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: sow, seed] 5: distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams ... High German s?t seed, Old English s?wan to sow — more at sow Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) the grains or ... intransitive verb 1. to bear or shed seed 2. to sow seed ; plant transitive verb 1. a. to plant seeds in ; sow < seed a lawn with grass > b. to furnish with ...