thick-sownadj.

Forms: Also 1700s thick-sowed.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthick-ˈsown.

Sown thickly or with little interval between the seeds. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [adjective] > sown > other systems of sowing

thick-sown1683

broadcast1767

placement-drilled1960

1683 J. Norris Idea of Happiness 38 A little Plot of ground thick-sown.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 285. ¶8 Metaphors are not thick sown in Milton.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. xiv Many were more inclined to fall on the well-laden, thick-sowed English than any others.

1745 E. Young Consolation 62 To count The thick-sown Glories in this Field of Fire.

1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 671/2 The distances, thick-sown with the faint yellow candle-flames.

Derivatives

thick-sow v. rare to sow thickly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] > sow thickly

thick-sow1898

1898 Westm. Gaz. 7 Oct. 3/1 It is useless to thick-sow your dialogue with ‘ess fay’ and ‘thicky’, and ‘pretty vitty’,..and omit the breath of life and..expression of character.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	thick-sown
释义	thick-sownadj. Forms: Also 1700s thick-sowed. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthick-ˈsown. Sown thickly or with little interval between the seeds. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [adjective] > sown > other systems of sowing thick-sown1683 broadcast1767 placement-drilled1960 1683 J. Norris Idea of Happiness 38 A little Plot of ground thick-sown. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 285. ¶8 Metaphors are not thick sown in Milton. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. xiv Many were more inclined to fall on the well-laden, thick-sowed English than any others. 1745 E. Young Consolation 62 To count The thick-sown Glories in this Field of Fire. 1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 671/2 The distances, thick-sown with the faint yellow candle-flames. Derivatives thick-sow v. rare to sow thickly. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] > sow thickly thick-sow1898 1898 Westm. Gaz. 7 Oct. 3/1 It is useless to thick-sow your dialogue with ‘ess fay’ and ‘thicky’, and ‘pretty vitty’,..and omit the breath of life and..expression of character. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1683
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