sowins

pl. [SOWENS.] *sowl, *sowle, v . t . [Cf. Prov. Ger. zaueln =to tug, to drag.] To pull by the ears; to drag about; to tug. "He'll go and sowl the porter of Rome gates by the ears." Shakesp .: Coriolanus, iv. 5. *sowle, s. [SOUL.] *sowl-er, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Bot.: Avena fatua. *sown, v. i. ort. [SOUND, v.] sōwn, pa. par. or a. [Sow (1), v.]