Sow (?), v. i. To sew. See Sew. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Sow (?), v. t. [imp. Sowed (?); p. p. Sown (?) or Sowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sowing.] [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. sāwan; akin to OFries. s&unr_;a, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. sājan, G. säen, Icel. sā, Sw. så, Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith. sēti, Russ. sieiate, L. serere, sevi. Cf. Saturday, Season, Seed, Seminary.] 1. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. “He would sow some difficulty.” Chaucer.
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A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside. Matt. xiii. 3, 4.
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And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers. Addison.
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2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
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The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, . . . and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles. Sir M. Hale.
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[He] sowed with stars the heaven. Milton.
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Now morn . . . sowed the earth with orient pearl. Milton.
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