Sow(n.)
- A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
Sow(n.)
- The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.
Sow(n.)
- A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.
Sow(n.)
- A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.
Sow(v. t.)
- To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate.
Sow(v. t.)
- To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
Sow(v. i.)
- To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.