sower (1)

[Eng. sow (1), s.; -er.] 1. One who sows or scatters seed for growth. "A sower went forth to sow."- Matt . xiii. 3. 2 An instrument or contrivance for sowing seeds; a sowing-machine. 3. One who scatters, di eminates, or spreads; a di eminator, a breeder, a promoter. a propagator, "They are sowers of suits, which make the court swell and the country pine." -Bacon . *sow-er (2), s. [Fr. saure , sor=sorrel, reddish.] A buck in its fourth year; a sore. sow-er (3), 8. [SORREL.] Sow-er-by, s . [George Brettingh Sowerby (17881854), a distinguished naturalist.] (See compound.) Sowerby's whale, s . [ME SO PLOD ON.] sow-ing, pr. par.ora. [Sow (1), v.]