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Noun
sowens pl (plural only)
- (Scotland) A food item made from the husk of the oat by a process similar to that by which common starch is made; flummery.
1860, Thomas Pattieson, “The Smith and the Fairies”, in J F Campbell, transl., Popular Tales of the West Highlands: Orally Collected: With a Translation, volume II, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, →OCLC, page 61:It was sowens she had in her hand for our supper, when a little old woman walked in and begged a lippie of meal of her.
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