Definitions For Sowl

Etymology 1

From Middle English souel, sǒuel, souvel, suvel, , food eaten with bread; food in general, from , sufol, , anything (especially relish) eaten with bread; sowl, from , from , *sew-, , juice; moisture; rain. The word is cognate with , , zuvel (modern ), , süvel, suffel, , sowl, , sufili, , , sovl, sul, , milk porridge; food eaten with bread, porridge or soup, , , sovel, , sowl, .

Noun

SOWL (plural SOWLs) (Britain, dialectal) A dainty; a relish#noun, relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.

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Etymology 2

From Middle English soul, soule, sowel, sawel, , soul. See further at soul.

Noun

SOWL (plural SOWLs)

Etymology 3

sowling or pulling the ears of an orphaned#adjective, orphaned piglet to teach it not to jump#verb, jump on people. This sort of discipline#verb, disciplining would ordinarily have been done by the piglet’s mother.]] ; compare , zauseln, zausen, , to tug, drag. See also tousle.

Verb

(transitive) To pull#verb, pull (especially an animal) by the ears; to drag#verb, drag about.

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Etymology 4

From Middle English sōlen, , to become dirty or soiled; to make dirty, soil; to be defiled, polluted, from , from , *sulwijaną; compare sullow and sully, and , , , seulewen, , to besmirch, soil, , souillier, soller, , to dirty, stain; to tarnish (a reputation, etc.) (modern ), , bisullen, , to make dirty, , , , suwelen.

Verb

(obsolete) To soil#verb, soil or stain#verb, stain; to dirty#verb, dirty. :

Anagrams

Lows, OWLs, lows, owls, slow