Lexicographical Neighbors of Sowff
| sowces sowcing sowdan sowdanesse sowdans sowe sowed sowen sowens sower | sowers sowest soweth sowf sowfed sowff (current term) sowffed sowffing sowffs sowfing | sowfs sowing sowings sowl sowle sowled sowles sowling sowls sowm |
Literary usage of Sowff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... sowff/i exponitur found. But the passage is not very clear: The well greas'd
wherry now had got between, And bad tier farewell sough unto the burden. ..."
2. A Shelf of Old Books by J. T. Fields (1894)
"... And to your gayety restore ye— If I in this can recommend My muse to you, I've
gained my end ; And if you own that I can sowff A song or Tale, ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"sowff, ». A stroke ; a blow, Aberd. V. SOOFT. SOWING, ». The act, or effect, of
piercing or galling, 8. »oot'n ; tingling pain. Harbour. SOWING-BROD, ». ..."
4. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1876)
"... o' wander'd win' cam' in, An' wail'd the haill hoose through, An' sowff'd
roun' aunty's pillow'd heid, ..."
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