Obs. exc. dial. Also 4 sowe. [Of obscure origin.] A blow or stroke.
a. 1400. Sir Eglamour, 317. Syr Egyllamowre hys swerde owt drowe, And to the yeant he gare a sowe, And blyndyd hym in that tyde.
1869–. in dial. glossaries (Cheshire, Lanc., and Westmld.).
