English Dictionary: Sowans | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sowans \Sow"ans\ (? [or] ?), n. pl. See {Sowens}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sowens \Sow"ens\ (? [or] ?), n. pl. [Scottish; cf. AS. se[a0]w juice, glue, paste.] A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; -- called {flummery} in England. [Written also {sowans}, and {sowins}.] |