"sowgelder" meaning in English

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          "text": "The Loone is an ill ſhap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye; he maketh a noiſe ſometimes like a Sovvgelders horne.",
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          "text": "First he that led the cavalcate, / Wore a sow-gelder’s flagellet, / On which he blew as strong a levet.",
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          "text": "Next, old Echepole, the sowgelder, received a blow in his forehead from our Amazonian heroine, and immediately fell to the ground.",
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        "(historical) One who spays sows."
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