Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Obsolete forms of
soul , sole.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To pull by the ears; to drag about.
- intransitive verb obsolete See
soul , v. i.
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- noun Archaic spelling of
soul . - noun A
relish ;sauce ;dainty ; anything eaten with bread. - noun
Tasty ,seasoned food . - noun
Pottage ; moist,liquid food. - noun Any liquid that is drunk.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"The poor little beggar's as make as a cat, for he daren't call his sowl his own!"
The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin
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September 6, 2009 at 1:00 pm dun beh bett yur sowl tu BC!
Nom de - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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September 6, 2009 at 8:10 am ai hopes hims bettin hims sowl
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By my sowl, and I scratched it till I scratched a hole in the paper. —
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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An Ai woan tell a sowl when yew maek sumtin up, unless its owtrageous!
we’re in ur iliad stealin ur myths - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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He told us that he had known in his ‘sowl’ that we should come back, that is, if we came back at all; which is not a bad rendering of his remark.
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Lord Almighty bless her, and presarve her, and carry her sowl to glory when she dies; for av there war iver a good woman on
Castle Richmond 2004
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“Did he thin, poor owld sowl!” observed the considerate dame.
Ralph Rashleigh 2004
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Jem Darcy (the Lord have mercy on his sowl!) left me, must go to foreign countries to airn me bread, because I'm not good enough for his reverence.
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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Fram the time they laves the house till they returns he is on their thrack, thrying to circumwent them, ontil he gets the poor sowl into his own dirty claws.
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
whichbe commented on the word sowl
(Brit.) To pull by the ears; to drag about.
May 13, 2008
whichbe commented on the word sowl
Original spelling of soul.
July 1, 2009