An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

2. Any thing in a state of disorder, S. B.

To SOW, v. a. To pierce, to gall.
Barbour.

To Sow, v. n. To smart, to feel tingling pain, S.
Wyntown.

Sw. swid-a, Dan. swi-e, to smart.

Sowing, s. The act, or effect, of piercing or galling, S. sooin; tingling pain.
Barbour.

SOW-BACK, s. A head-dress worn by old women, Ang. probably denominated from its curved shape.

SOWCE, s. Flummery; such as brose, [sowens], or oat-meal pottage.
Gl. Sibb.

SOW-DAY, s. The name given to the 17th of December, in Sandwick, Orkney, from the custom of killing a sow, on that day, in every family that has a herd of swine.
Statist. Acc.

SOWE, s. A winding-sheet.
Second Sight.

Gael. soadh, a bed.