Sow

sow, n. a female pig: the metal solidified in parallel grooves or pigs , the iron of these being pig-iron : a movable shed for protecting the men using a battering-ram.— ns. Sow′back , a low ridge of sand or gravel; Sow′-bread , a genus of plants, allied to the primrose, natives of the south of Europe, the tubers of which are eaten by swine; Sow′-bug , an air-breathing oniscoid isopod, a pill-bug, slater.— adj. Sow′-drunk ( prov. ), beastly drunk.— ns. Sow′-geld′er , one who spays sows; Sow′-this′tle , a genus of plants, the tender tops of which are used in the north of Europe as greens. [A.S. sú , sugu ; Ger. sau , Ice. sýr ; L. sus , Gr. hys .]