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Definition of Sow
| v. i. | 1. | To sew. See Sew. | | n. | 1. | (Zool.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind. | | 2. | (Zool.) A sow bug. | | 3. | (Metal.) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed. | | 4. | (Mil.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like. | | v. t. | 1. | To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. | | 2. | To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle. | | v. i. | 1. | To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; - literally or figuratively. |
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