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sowled

sowled is the simple past and past participle of sowl.

Meaning of sowl

Verb (1)

sowl (third-person singular simple present sowls, present participle sowling, simple past and past participle sowled)

  1. (transitive) To pull (especially an animal) by the ears; to drag about.
    • Hee'l go he ſayes, and ſole the Porter of Rome Gates by th'ears. He will mowe all downe before him, and leaue his paſſage poul'd.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Verb (2)

sowl (third-person singular simple present sowls, present participle sowling, simple past and past participle sowled)

  1. (obsolete) To soil or stain; to dirty.
    Synonyms:
    sullow, sully, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, befilth

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Questions about sowled

What is sowled the simple past and past participle of?
Sowled is the simple past and past participle of sowl.

Words near sowled in the dictionary

  1. Sowinskis
  2. sowkin
  3. sowkins
  4. sowl
  5. sowle
  6. sowled
  7. sowles
  8. Sowleses
  9. sowlike
  10. sowling
  11. sowlings

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