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3 definitions found 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}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flummery \Flum"mer*y\, n. [W. llumru or llumruwd a kind of food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned sour, fr llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr llum sharp, severe.] 1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap. Milk and flummery are very fit for children. --Locke. 2. Something insipid, or not worth having empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing. The flummery of modern criticism. --J. Morley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flummery n 1: a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal 2: meaningless ceremonies and flattery [syn: {mummery}]
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