sow 
Bom to afflict my Marcia’s family, 
And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers. Addison. 
To impregnate or stock with seed.—The intellectual faculty 
is a goodly field, capable of great improvement; and it is 
the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles or 
impertinencies. Hale.—Ho besprinkle.—'All sow'd with 
glistering stars, more thick than grass. Spenser— He sow'd 
with stars the heaven thick as a field. Milton. 
Now morn her rosy steps in th’ eastern clime. 
Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl. Milton. 
To SOW, v. a. For sew. To join by needlework. 
Some tree, whose broad smooth leaves together sow'd. 
And girded on, may cover round. Milton. 
SOW, in Ancient Military Language, a kind of covered 
shed, fixed on wheels, under which the besiegers filled up 
and passed the ditch, sapped or mined the wall, and some¬ 
times worked a kind of ram. 
SOW, a river of England, in Staffordshire, which runs 
into the Trent at Tixall; 3 miles east of Stafford.—Also a 
river in Warwickshire, which falls into the Avon, near Stone- 
leigh Abbey; 4 miles north of Warwick. 
SOW AND PIGS, a number of large rocks lying off 
the south-west end of Catahunk island, one of the Elizabeth 
islands, on the coast of Massachusetts. 
SOWBREAD, s. [cyclamen, Lat.] A plant. 
The sowbread does afford rich food for swine, 
Physic for man, and garland for the shrine. Tate. 
To SOWCE, v. a. To throw into the water. See To 
Souse. —He sowccd me up to the middle in the pond. 
L' Estrange. 
SOWE, a parish of England, in Warwickshire, on the 
river Sow, north-west of Comb-Abbey. Population 937. 
SOWER, s. [j-apepe. Sax.] He that sprinkles the seed, 
—A sower went forth to sow. St. Matt. —If is thrown 
round, as grain by a skilful sower. Derham. —A scatterer 
—Terming Paul and his doctrine a sower of words, a very 
babbler or trifler. Hakewill .—A breeder; a promoter.— 
They are sowers of suits, which make the court swell, and 
the country pine. Bacon. 
SOWERBY, a hamlet of England, in Lancashire, near 
Garstang. 
SOWERBY, a township of England, in Westmoreland, 
north-east of Kirby Steven. 
SOWERBY, a township of England, North Riding of 
Yorkshire, near Thirsk. Population 685. 
SOWERBY, or Sowerby Bridge, a township of Eng¬ 
land, West Riding of Yorkshire; 4 miles west-south-west of 
Halifax. It is called Sowerby Bridge, from its stately stone 
bridge of several'arches, over the river Calder, which is navi¬ 
gable from hence to Wakefield. Population 5177. 
SOWERBY CASTLE, a township of England, in Cum¬ 
berland ; 12 miles west-north-west of Penrith. 
SOWINS, s. Flummery, made of oatmeal somewhat 
sour’d.—These sowins, that is, flummery, being blended to¬ 
gether, produce good yeast. Mortimer .—See where Norah 
with the sowins comes. Swift. 
To SOWLE, ». a. [from sow, as hogs are pulled by dogs, 
Skinner; from solea, a strap, a rein, Rennet.'] To pull by 
the ears. The word is still used for pull, or lug, in several 
counties.—He’ll go, he says, and sowle the porter of Rome 
gates by the ears. Shakspeare. 
SOWN. The participle of sow. It is used barbarously 
by Swift for sewed. —A goodly country, naturally beautified 
with roses, sown with pease. Heylin. —An hundred and 
fifty of their beds, sown together, made up the breadth and 
length. Swift. 
SOWNE, a term used in the exchequer ; seeming to be a 
corruption from the French souvenu, remembered. 
Such estreats and casualties as the sheriff by his industry 
cannot get or levy, are said to be estreats that sowne not, 
that is, are not to be remembered, or are not in demand. 
On the contrary, estreats that sowne, are such as he may 
gather. 
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SO'WTHISTLE, s. [sonchus, Lat.] A weed.— Sow- 
thistles though coneys eat, yet sheep and cattle will not 
touch; the milk of which rubbed on warts weareth them 
away, which sheweth it is corrosive. Bacon. 
SOWTON, a parish of England, in Devonshire; 31- 
miles east of Exeter. 
SOXINI, or Soccini (Mariano), denominated the elder, 
an eminent canonist, was born at Siena in 1401. He studied 
first at his native place, and then in Padua, in which last 
university, after he had taken his degree, he was for some 
years professor of the canon law. He then returned to Siena, 
where he taught as a professor during the remainder of his 
life. He was very intimate with Eneas Sylvius, afterwards 
pope Pius II., who has written a panegyric upon him in one 
of his letters in the most magnificent terms, assigning to him 
almost universal proficiency in science and the arts, with the 
greatest excellence of moral character. Soxini was sent by 
the state to compliment Sylvius when he ascended the papal 
throne, on which occasion he was nominated consistorial 
advocate. He died in 1467, leaving behind him a consi¬ 
derable reputation for learning and integrity. His works, 
consisting of “ Consultations,” “ Commentaries on the Books 
of Canon Law,” and tracts upon “ Legal Subjects,” have 
been frequently reprinted. 
SOXINI, or Soccini (Bartolomeo), a celebrated civi¬ 
lian. son of the preceding, was born at Siena in 1436. He 
studied the law under different masters at Siena and Bologna, 
and after he had been admitted to a doctor’s degree he be¬ 
came professor of the civil and canon law in his native city. 
He was, in 1473, invited to Pisa, where he taught both 
branches of law, and in this city he resided twenty years, 
with some occasional absences. He took an active part in 
the civil dissensions of Siena, and was, at one time, in the 
list of the banished citizens. He was employed in embassies 
from the Sienese to the Florentines, and it is said he engaged 
in a military attempt to change the constitution of Siena. 
At Pisa the famous Jason del Maino was his rival, and they 
held frequent public disputations, at one of which Lorenzo 
de Medici was an auditor. Jason being hard pressed by the 
arguments of his antagonist, quoted, in his own favour, a text 
which he had invented for the occasion. Soxini, with equal 
readiness, invented another to oppose it, and being asked by 
Jason where he had found it, “ Next to that which you have 
just now quoted,” he replied. The fame which he had ac¬ 
quired caused him to be invited to Padua in 1489, with the 
offer of a large salary, which he determined to accept, but 
his intentions being known he was detained. For some time 
he was professor at Padua. He died in 1507, having been 
three years deprived of the use of his speech. His works as 
an author were “ Consultations,” “ Comments on the Code 
and Digest,” the “ Rule of Right,” and other pieces of a 
similar kind. He was not estimable as a practical moralist; 
He was addicted to gambling, and would sometimes leave 
his scholars without a lesson, and pass whole nights at the 
gaming table, the consequence of which most destructive 
habit was, that he did not leave money enough behind him 
to pay the expenses of his funeral. He was extremely 
greedy of money, charged very high for his opinion, which 
he would sometimes give to both parties in a suit. He was 
free of speech, sarcastic and jocular. His faults were borne 
with on account of his high professional character. Angelo 
Politiauo, speaking of his intended correction of the Pan¬ 
dects, says “ I must have recourse to the assistance and ad¬ 
vice of that singularly excellent doctor of Siena, Bartolomeo 
Soxini, whom I may boldly denominate the Papinian of our 
age.” 
SOXINI (Mariano), denominated the younger, grandson 
of the first Mariano, was born at Siena in 1482 : he studied 
the law under his uncle Bartolomeo, and after taking his 
degree, taught alternately the civil and canon law at his 
native city, till he removed to Paris. He was author of 
many works, which were once in considerable estimation, 
though they are now forgotten. 
SOY, s. A kind of sauce: a considerable article of com¬ 
merce in Japan.—Soy-sauce—is prepared from soy -beans 
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