rowen

[ rou-uhn ]

noun

1. Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.

rowen

/ ˈraʊən /

noun

1. another word for aftermath

Word History and Origins

Origin of rowen¹

1300–50; Middle English reywayn < Old North French *rewain; cognate with French regain

Word History and Origins

Origin of rowen¹

C14 reywayn , corresponding to Old French regaïn , from re- + gaïn rowen, from gaignier to till, earn; see gain ¹

Example Sentences

He sues the lady Rowen'a to become his bride, and threatens to kill both Cedric and Ivanhoe if she refuses.

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It will cause them to give as great a flow of milk as any hay, unless it be good rowen.

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Bailey gives the word, with a somewhat different signification; but he has "Rowen hay, latter hay," as a country word.

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They are all stabled throughout the year, except in harvest time, when they are turned out for a few weeks to rowen feed.

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Should we get out before the snow is gone, we always have surplus of clover-rowen cured for the purpose.

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