From Middle English sowere, from Old English sāwere; equivalent to sow + -er.
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One who or that which sows.
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it seminatore (one who or that which sows) · alt чачучы (one who or that which sows) · uk сіяч (one who or that which sows) · ru се́ятельница (one who or that which sows) · fr semeuse (one who or that which sows) · fr semeur (one who or that which sows) · la sator (one who or that which sows) · it seminatrice (one who or that which sows) · ga gineadóir (one who or that which sows) · nl zaaier (one who or that which sows) · ro semănătoare (one who or that which sows) · es sembradora (one who or that which sows) · enm sowere (one who or that which sows) · eu ereile (one who or that which sows) · de Säer (one who or that which sows) · ka მთესველი (one who or that which sows) · ro semănător (one who or that which sows) · es sembrador (one who or that which sows) · hu magvető (one who or that which sows) · tr ekici (one who or that which sows) · pt semeadora (one who or that which sows) · fi kylväjä (one who or that which sows) · tr ekim makinesi (one who or that which sows) · pt semeador (one who or that which sows) · izh kylväjä (one who or that which sows) · sw mpanzi (one who or that which sows) · bg сеяч (one who or that which sows) · ru се́ятель (one who or that which sows) · de Säerin (one who or that which sows) · pl siewca (one who or that which sows) · az səpinçi (one who or that which sows) · be сеяльшчык (one who or that which sows) · hsb sywc (one who or that which sows)
Pro. Then, as my gueſt, and thine owne acquiſition / Worthily purchas'd, take my daughter : But / If thou do'ſt breake her Virgin-knot, before / All ſanctimonious ceremonies may / With full and holy right, be miniſtred, / No ſweet aſperſion ſhall the heauens let fall / To make this contract grow; but barraine hate, / Sower-ey'd diſdaine, and diſcord ſhall beſtrew / The vnion of your bed, with weedes ſo loathly / That you ſhall hate it both : Therefore take heede, / As Hymens Lamps ſhall light you. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14:
It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention. 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of the Academy. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 82: