"sowling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sowlings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sowling (plural sowlings)
  1. (obsolete) A unit of land of 160 acres. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-sowling-en-noun-1-twxFIm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sowling
  1. present participle and gerund of sowl Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sowl
    Sense id: en-sowling-en-verb-~upt4cLz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sowling meaning in English (1.7kB)

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