Meanings
nounsowens pl (plural only)
alternative sowans · alternative sowen · alternative sowins
- Scotlandpluralplural onlyA food item made using the starch remaining on the inner husks of oats after milling
It was sowens she had in her hand for our supper, when a little old woman walked in and begged a lippie of meal of her.
1860, Thomas Pattieson, “The Smith and the Fairies”, in J[ohn] F[rancis] Campbell, transl., Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected: With a Translation, volume II, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, →OCLC, page 61Synonyms: flummery
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nounA food item made using the starch remaining on the inner husks of oats after milling
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Irish cáfraith
- cáfraithfood made from oat husks
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