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Webster 1913 Edition


Rowen

Row′en

,
Noun.
[Cf. E.
rough
, OE.
row
,
rowe
.]
[Called also
rowet
,
rowett
,
rowings
,
roughings
.]
1.
A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle.
Turn your cows, that give milk, into your
rowens
till snow comes.
Mortimer.
2.
The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath.
[Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Rowen

ROW'EN

,
Noun.
[Heb. to be green, to thrive.]
Rowen is a field kept up till after Michaelmas, that the corn left on the ground may sprout into green.
Turn your cows that give milk into your rowens, till snow comes.
In New England, the second growth of grass in a season. We never apply the word to a field, nor to a growth of corn, after harvest, nor is the word ever used in the plural. The first growth of grass for mowing is called the first crop, and the second rowen.

Definition 2024


Rowen

Rowen

See also: rowen

English

Proper noun

Rowen

  1. A male given name

rowen

rowen

See also: Rowen

English

Alternative forms

Noun

rowen (plural rowens)

  1. A second crop of hay; aftermath.
  2. A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it can be cropped by cattle.
    • Mortimer
      Turn your cows, that give milk, into your rowens till snow comes.

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