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Definition of Sowans
1. n. pl. See Sowens.
Definition of Sowans
1. sowens [n SOWANS] - See also: sowens
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sowans
Literary usage of Sowans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"Dr. AT Thomson! g'ves the following directions for the preparation of " Flummery
or sowans:"— "Take a quart or any quantity of groats, or of oatmeal; ..."
2. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"... gives the following directions for the preparation of " Flummery or sowans.-"— "
Take a quart or any quantity of groats, or of oatmeal; rub the groats ..."
3. Essentials of Diet, Or, Hints on Food, in Health and Disease by Edward Harris Ruddock, Edward Barton Shuldham (1876)
"sowans OK FLUMMERY.—To any quantity of oatmeal you like to infuse put double the
weight of warm water; stir well, and let the mixture infuse for four or ..."
4. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Reuben Percy, John Timbs (1834)
"The meal, which was steeped in the sowans-bowie a fortnight ago, ... The baking
being once over, the sowans pot succeeds the gridiron, ..."
5. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations: Together with Its Historical Events by William Francis Dawson (1902)
"The meal, which was steeped in the sowans-bowie a fortnight ago, ... The baking
being once over, the sowans pot succeeds the gridiron, ..."
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