sowens

A nutritious article of food made from the farina remaining among the husks of oats, much used in Scotland and formerly in Northumberland.

A kind of paste employed by weavers for stiffening their yarn in working.

noun plural

A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; — called flummery in England.