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sow⋅ens

  [soh-uhnz, soo-]
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–noun (used with a singular verb) Scot., Irish English.
porridge made from oat bran or husks that have been soaked in water, slightly fermented, and then boiled.
Origin:
1575–85; < ScotGael sùghan, deriv. of sùgh sap
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Sowens

Sow"ens\ (? or ?), n. pl. [Scottish; cf. AS. se['a]w juice, glue, paste.] A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; -- called flummery in England. [Written also sowans, and sowins.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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