rowen
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rowen
1300–50; Middle English reywayn < Old North French *rewain; cognate with French regain
Example Sentences
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"Deacon Nash give it tew him fer pitchin rowen."
From The Duke of Stockbridge by Edward Bellamy
During the remaining months they are fed with grains, tares, and cabbages, and a proportion of rowen, or second-cut hay.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Robert Jennings
I hain't been so tickled in ten year," said Israel, "ez I wuz wen Deacon come roun tidday a offerin a shillin lawful tew the fellers tew git in his rowen fer him.
From The Duke of Stockbridge by Edward Bellamy
They are all stabled throughout the year, except in harvest time, when they are turned out for a few weeks to rowen feed.
From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Elihu Burritt
I've cut the grass and I've cut the rowen every year since you bin here.
From Great Possessions by David Grayson
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