The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sowl \Sowl\, Sowle \Sowle\, v. t. [Cf. prov. G. zaulen, zauseln,
G. zausen to tug, drag.]
To pull by the ears; to drag about. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. (obsolete spelling of soul English)
Wikipedia
Sowle is a surname and may refer to:
- Diana Sowle (born 1930), American actor
- Jennifer Sowle (born 1977), American singer
- Melvin L. Sowle, eponym of Sowle Nunatak in Antarctica
Usage examples of "sowle".
Astor to Captain Sowle, the commander of the Beaver, were, in some respects, hypothetical, in consequence of the uncertainty resting upon the previous steps of the enterprise.
In this emergency, he wrote to Captain Sowle, commander of the Beaver.
These doubts were probably suggested or enforced by Captain Sowle, who, it has already been seen, was an over-cautious, or rather, a timid seaman, and they may have had some weight with Mr.
The Beaver arrived safe at Canton, where Captain Sowle found the letter of Mr.
The other proceedings of Captain Sowle were equally wrongheaded and unlucky.
Captain Sowle, however, refused the offer of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and stood wavering and chaffering for higher terms.