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To sew. See Sew. |
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The female of swine, or of the hog kind. |
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A sow bug. |
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A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the
pig bed. |
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The bar of metal which remains in such a runner. |
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A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander. |
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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. |
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To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing;
as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to
propagate. |
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To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as
land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to
besprinkle. |
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To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; --
literally or figuratively. |