2  definitions  found 
 
  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['a]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}.] 

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