Sowl

Quick meaning: Sowl is a noun meaning (British, dialectal) A dainty; a relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.

Meaning

(British, dialectal) A dainty; a relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To pull (especially an animal) by the ears; to drag about.
2. Archaic spelling of soul.
3. (obsolete) To soil or stain; to dirty.

Example Sentences

Good lorjus days, whot whofo times ar' theese! / Pot-baws ar scant, an dear is seawl an cheese!

For in all the long coorse av a twinty year's spell, / Dael an' Irishman's sowl cud he get into hell— […]

All Souls' Day was celebrated by souling, a custom going back to pre-Reformation days: soul cakers and mummers toured the village begging for a soul cake – a plain, round, flat cake seasoned with spices.

Of yowr cherity pray for the ſowls of Reynald Peckham the elder, Squire for the body of the moſt excellent Prince king Henry the eight, who deceſed 27 Feb. 1525. and for the ſowl of Ioice Colepeper his wife which deceſed 20. March, 1523.

Word Forms

• sowls
• sow
• sowe
• sowel
• sowle
• sowli
• sowling
• sowled

Synonyms for sowl

Depending on context, synonyms include sullow, sully, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sousemeat, sawce, sossle, opsony, sowins, sowbelly.

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