sowingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈsəʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsoʊɪŋ/

Etymology: < sow v.¹

a. The action of scattering seed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun]

sowing1362

sowa1400

sation?1440

semination1531

seeding1541

seedness1549

seedage1610

sature1657

insemination1658

grass seeding1823

semence1859

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. viii. 102 ‘I schal sese of my sowynge,’ quod pers, ‘and swynke not so harde’.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 6378 Moyses..fand þaim fode in þair nede, widuten sauing of ani sede.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 466 Sowynge, of corne and oþer sedys, sacio,..seminacio.

1473 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 164 In sauyng of quhet, pess, ry and benys.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ix^v Whyther it be for the vnseasonablenes of the wether or fere of the thynne sowynge.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxii. 154 b The sowing of corne was brought in..by Triptolemus.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 183 The Ananas..growes nor from Tree nor sowing, but of a root.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 59 Nor cease your sowing till Mid-winter ends.

1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 310 He should attend the culture of the lands, the sowing and harvest.

1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes iii, in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 13/1 June reared that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing.

1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign viii. 203 The rebels..are getting tired of war, as it prevents the sowing of next year's crop.

b. In figurative or transferred use.

ΚΠ

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 83 In þis cornere of wose in þe mowth is sowyng of dyscorde.

c1480 (a1400) St. Justina 337 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 161 Woman..suld man haf hyre make to be, for þe sawyng of þare sede.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes Pref. sig. A j^v The soweynge & settyng forth of Luthers pestilent heresies in this realme.

1577 M. Hanmer tr. in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 538 By sowing of straunge doctrine.

2. An instance or occasion of this.

ΚΠ

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 42 The grounde must out of hand be plowed..to make it the meeter for the next sowyng.

1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) 201 The Seeds of the first sowing are generally three Weeks coming up.

1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry II. 251 On the eleventh of August I suspended the sowings.

1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 521 By successive sowings in the open air and on heat.

1899 Speaker 25 Nov. 191/2 There can be no cold weather sowings.

figurative and in extended use.1643 J. Caryl Expos. Job (1676) I. 287 There is a sowing, which is the work of charity.1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxiv. 320 So ended the Macedonian war; with a plentiful sowing of the dragon's teeth.

3. That which is sown; the quantity of seed sown at one time.Not always clearly distinct from sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] > seed sown

sowing1733

seeding1814

1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 257 The Salts of the first..are most agreeable to such late Sowings.

1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 334 The earlier sowings are cut off by the frost.

1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 656 These sowings will come into use in November.

1888 Cent. Mag. Oct. 815/1 You could not keep the birds out of the garden... They had most of the sowings up.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as sowing-harvest, sowing-season, sowing-time, etc.

ΚΠ

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xxvi. 5 The vyndage shal occupie the sowynge tyme.

1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 50^v Whanne..a man hath chosen his sowynge tyme.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 23^v To..prepare it for the sowing season.

c1613 Minute Acct. People of Anglesea (1860) 17 The men go in sowing harvest abroad to begg grain and seed.

1681 Rector's Bk. Clayworth (1910) 52 Barley found dry in 3 Fields, having lain so, ever since sowing time.

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 154 They used not generally to buy their seed-barley, nor seed-oats, but just before sowing-time.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 639 March or April is the sowing season.

C2. With the names of seed, in the sense ‘suitable or used for sowing’, as sowing mustard, sowing seed, sowing peas. Hence in Commerce in sowing orders, sowing requirements.

ΚΠ

1604–5 Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 160 Towe mettes of sowinge pesen iiij^s x^d.

1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xi. 37 Any sowing seed which is to be sowen.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Zaet-goedt, sowing Seed.

1883 Daily News 6 Sept. 2/7 There is a good inquiry for sowing mustard.

1893 Daily News 4 May 7/2 Numerous sowing orders still come to hand.

C3. With the names of implements, etc., used in sowing, as sowing-gear, sowing-machine, sowing-plough, sowing-sheet.

ΚΠ

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 78 A wheat two-wheeled sowing~plough.

1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 323 The seed to be deposited by a sowing-machine.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 278 The idea..was followed up..in the sowing~barrow, an instrument still extensively used for sowing grass~seeds.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 507 The most convenient form of sowing-sheet.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 535 The sowing-geer of the machine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sowing
释义	sowingn.¹ Brit. /ˈsəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsoʊɪŋ/ Etymology: < sow v.¹ 1. a. The action of scattering seed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] sowing1362 sowa1400 sation?1440 semination1531 seeding1541 seedness1549 seedage1610 sature1657 insemination1658 grass seeding1823 semence1859 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. viii. 102 ‘I schal sese of my sowynge,’ quod pers, ‘and swynke not so harde’. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 6378 Moyses..fand þaim fode in þair nede, widuten sauing of ani sede. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 466 Sowynge, of corne and oþer sedys, sacio,..seminacio. 1473 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 164 In sauyng of quhet, pess, ry and benys. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ix^v Whyther it be for the vnseasonablenes of the wether or fere of the thynne sowynge. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxii. 154 b The sowing of corne was brought in..by Triptolemus. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 183 The Ananas..growes nor from Tree nor sowing, but of a root. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 59 Nor cease your sowing till Mid-winter ends. View more context for this quotation 1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 310 He should attend the culture of the lands, the sowing and harvest. 1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes iii, in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 13/1 June reared that bunch of flowers you carry From seeds of April's sowing. 1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign viii. 203 The rebels..are getting tired of war, as it prevents the sowing of next year's crop. b. In figurative or transferred use. ΚΠ c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 83 In þis cornere of wose in þe mowth is sowyng of dyscorde. c1480 (a1400) St. Justina 337 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 161 Woman..suld man haf hyre make to be, for þe sawyng of þare sede. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes Pref. sig. A j^v The soweynge & settyng forth of Luthers pestilent heresies in this realme. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 538 By sowing of straunge doctrine. 2. An instance or occasion of this. ΚΠ 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 42 The grounde must out of hand be plowed..to make it the meeter for the next sowyng. 1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) 201 The Seeds of the first sowing are generally three Weeks coming up. 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry II. 251 On the eleventh of August I suspended the sowings. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 521 By successive sowings in the open air and on heat. 1899 Speaker 25 Nov. 191/2 There can be no cold weather sowings. figurative and in extended use.1643 J. Caryl Expos. Job (1676) I. 287 There is a sowing, which is the work of charity.1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxiv. 320 So ended the Macedonian war; with a plentiful sowing of the dragon's teeth. 3. That which is sown; the quantity of seed sown at one time.Not always clearly distinct from sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] > seed sown sowing1733 seeding1814 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 257 The Salts of the first..are most agreeable to such late Sowings. 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 334 The earlier sowings are cut off by the frost. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 656 These sowings will come into use in November. 1888 Cent. Mag. Oct. 815/1 You could not keep the birds out of the garden... They had most of the sowings up. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as sowing-harvest, sowing-season, sowing-time, etc. ΚΠ 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xxvi. 5 The vyndage shal occupie the sowynge tyme. 1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 50^v Whanne..a man hath chosen his sowynge tyme. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 23^v To..prepare it for the sowing season. c1613 Minute Acct. People of Anglesea (1860) 17 The men go in sowing harvest abroad to begg grain and seed. 1681 Rector's Bk. Clayworth (1910) 52 Barley found dry in 3 Fields, having lain so, ever since sowing time. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 154 They used not generally to buy their seed-barley, nor seed-oats, but just before sowing-time. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 639 March or April is the sowing season. C2. With the names of seed, in the sense ‘suitable or used for sowing’, as sowing mustard, sowing seed, sowing peas. Hence in Commerce in sowing orders, sowing requirements. ΚΠ 1604–5 Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 160 Towe mettes of sowinge pesen iiij^s x^d. 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xi. 37 Any sowing seed which is to be sowen. View more context for this quotation 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Zaet-goedt, sowing Seed. 1883 Daily News 6 Sept. 2/7 There is a good inquiry for sowing mustard. 1893 Daily News 4 May 7/2 Numerous sowing orders still come to hand. C3. With the names of implements, etc., used in sowing, as sowing-gear, sowing-machine, sowing-plough, sowing-sheet. ΚΠ 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 78 A wheat two-wheeled sowing~plough. 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 323 The seed to be deposited by a sowing-machine. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 278 The idea..was followed up..in the sowing~barrow, an instrument still extensively used for sowing grass~seeds. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 507 The most convenient form of sowing-sheet. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 535 The sowing-geer of the machine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † sowingn.² Etymology: < sow v.² Scottish. Obsolete. Sharp or severe pain. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > anguish or torment piningOE anguishc1225 pinsing?c1225 tormentc1290 afflictiona1382 martyrdomc1384 tormentryc1386 labourc1390 martyryc1390 throea1393 martyre?a1400 cruelty14.. rack?a1425 hacheec1430 prong1440 agonya1450 ragea1450 pang1482 sowing1487 cruciation1496 afflict?1529 torture?c1550 pincha1566 anguishment1592 discruciament1593 excruciation1618 fellness1642 afflictedness1646 pungency1649 perialgia1848 perialgy1857 racking1896 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 628 Thai that, at the first metyng Of speris, feld so sair sowing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). > as lemmas ˈsowing ˈsowing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [adjective] sowingc1384 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xiii. 18 Therfore heere ȝe the parable of the sowynge man. 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. x. 180 Moveless do they seem to you? Why, so is the earth to the sowing husbandman. extracted from sowv.¹ < n.¹1362n.²1487 as lemmas
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sowingn.1

Compounds

† sowingn.2

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sowingn.¹

† sowingn.²