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Sower

//ˈsəʊɚ// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Archaic form of sour. alt-of, archaic

    "Pro. Then, as my gueſt, and thine owne acquiſition / Worthily purchas'd, take my daughter : But / If thou do'ſt breake her Virgin-knot, before / All ſanctimonious ceremonies may / With full and holy right, be miniſtred, / No ſweet aſperſion ſhall the heauens let fall / To make this contract grow; but barraine hate, / Sower-ey'd diſdaine, and diſcord ſhall beſtrew / The vnion of your bed, with weedes ſo loathly / That you ſhall hate it both : Therefore take heede, / As Hymens Lamps ſhall light you."

Noun
  1. 1
    One who or that which sows.
  2. 2
    someone who sows wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English sowere, from Old English sāwere; equivalent to sow + -er.

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