American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2

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Author: Noah Webster

Sow-Thistle

SOW’-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Sonchus. The downy sow-thistle is of the genus Andryala.

SOW, v.t. pret. sowed; pp. sowed or sown. [L. sevi. This word is probably contracted.]

1. To scatter on ground, for the purpose growth and the production of a crop; as, to sow good seed; to sow a bushel of wheat or rye to the acre; to sow oats, clover or barley; to sow seed in drills, or to sow it broad cast. Oats and flax should be sown early in the spring.

2. To scatter seed over for growth; as, to sow ground or land; to sow ten or a hundred acres in a year.

3. To spread or to originate; to propagate; as, to sow discord. Born to afflict my Marcia’s family, and sow dissension in the hearts of brothers.

4. To supply or stock with seed. The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles.

5. To scatter over; to besprinkle. He sow’d with stars the heaven. Morn now sow’d the earth with orient pearl.

SOW, v.i. To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop. In New England, farmers begin to sow in April. They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. Psa 126.

SOW, for sew, is not in use. [See Sew.]

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Sow-Thistle," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed April 18, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LBEB8386WEJEPJX.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Sow-Thistle." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 18 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LBEB8386WEJEPJX.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Sow-Thistle' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 18 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LBEB8386WEJEPJX.