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Webster 1913 Edition
Sowens
Sow′ens
(? or ?)
, Noun.
pl.
[Scottish; cf. AS.
seáw
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
.]