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sowans |
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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