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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1880
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SOWER, v., tr. To scatter. [′sʌuər]Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. III. 129:
Ye wad a' seun gang doon the brae Afore the wind like sowered strae . . . As on his riggin' he fell ower, He ilka nyst o' fire did sower.
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