a. [f. SOW sb.1] Having a back like that of a sow; resembling the back of a sow in shape or formation; ridged like a sow’s back. Sow-backed mutch, = SOW-BACK 1.

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  (a)  1728.  Bailey, Sow Back’d Horses (among Farriers), such as have straight Ribs, but good Backs.

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1883.  J. Macgregor, in Sunday Mag., 689/1. Farther back still is the sowbacked and higher ridge known as the Silla del Moro, ‘the Seat of the Moor.’

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  (b)  1857.  Stewart, Sketches Sc. Character, 18. A sow-backit mutch and an auld-fashioned gown.

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1895.  Ochiltree, Redburn, ii. Her hair … was seldom seen from under her long, ‘sow-backed mutch.’

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