Sowle

soʊl

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Sowle
To pull by the ears; to drag about.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

(n) sowle
Same as soul.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

(v.t) Sowle
(Shak.) to pull by the ears.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Cf. prov. G. zaulen, zauseln, G. zausen, to tug, drag

Usage in the news

Lisa Sowle Cahill is a longtime professor of theology at Boston College and a past president of the Society of Christian Ethics. bez.org

( Eric Sowl / May 17, 2012 ). ktuu.com

This week's One on One is on Lena-Winslow golfer Quinn Sowle . journalstandard.com

Kerri-Lynn Watson, the daughter of Fran and Barry Watson of Gloversville, was united in marriage to Arron Sowle , the son of Barbara Rotowski and Phil Sowle of Amsterdam, at noon Aug 6. leaderherald.com

Arron and Kerri-Lynn Sowle . leaderherald.com

Sydney Sowles, a growing 20-month-old, hands her mom's credit card over for new outfits at Carolann's store in Hingham, Mass. csmonitor.com

Directed by Laura Margolis and John Sowle Stageworks/Hudson, through July 15. metroland.net

Enlarge Buy This Photo Whitmer's Mark Meyers and Central Catholic's Willis Sowle race to the finish line in the Division I 400-meter rela THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH. toledoblade.com

Usage in literature

Praying for them is the only thing that can help the poor sowls now. "Orange and Green" by G. A. Henty

I couldn't do it, if it was to save my sowl. "With Clive in India" by G. A. Henty

Goodness guide us, sorra a sowl there is in the house but the two of us, me and the child, and she's rael bad. "Strangers at Lisconnel" by Barlow Jane

Thet et seith the sowle. "The Departing Soul's Address to the Body" by Anonymous

There isn't a sowl in the counthry ud come within sight of the grave wanst the sun goes down. "The Miraculous Revenge" by Bernard Shaw

It isn't being a coward, it's thinking av my poor mother, and taking care of meself for the poor owld sowl's sake. "Off to the Wilds" by George Manville Fenn

Och, boys, it'll be rare fun to see them kick their legs in the air, till their sowls have gone back to where they came from. "Paddy Finn" by W. H. G. Kingston

Av me sowl only don't lape clane out o' me body, it's meself'll be thankful! "The Red Eric" by R.M. Ballantyne

The sowl is what does it all. "Fort Desolation" by R.M. Ballantyne

Ye're as dull as if 'twas his body on'y, an' not body an' sowl together, that kem home to ye. "The Art of Disappearing" by John Talbot Smith

Usage in poetry

The Bishop took his leave,
Rejoicing in his sleeve.
The next ensuing day
SOWLS went and heard a play.

"The Reverend Micah Sowls" by William Schwenck Gilbert

For hours and hours that dismal actor walked,
And talked, and talked, and talked, and talked,
Till lethargy upon the parson crept,
And sleepy MICAH SOWLS serenely slept.

"The Reverend Micah Sowls" by William Schwenck Gilbert

The worthy Bishop said, "My friend, no doubt
The Stage may be the place you make it out;
But if, my REVEREND SOWLS, you never go,
I don't quite understand how you're to know."

"The Reverend Micah Sowls" by William Schwenck Gilbert

"O by me sowl, that is the holy truth!
There's Rosie's cheek has kept a dimple still,
An' Mickie's eyes are bright—the craythur there
Died that the weeny ones might eat their fill."

"A Hungry Day" by Isabella Valancy Crawford

Immortal Smith O'Brine
Was raging like a line;
'Twould have done your sowl good to have heard him roar;
In his glory he arose,
And he rushed upon his foes,
But they hit him on the nose by the Shannon shore.

"The Battle Of Limerick" by William Makepeace Thackeray

Come, my dear sowl, Bridget, it's past nine o'clock,
And to see yez lying there it gives my heart a shock."
And he smoothed away the raven hair from her forehead,
And her hands hung heavily as if she had been dead.

"The Troubles of Matthew Mahoney" by William Topaz McGonagall