rowen

[ rou-uhn ]

/ ˈraʊ ən /

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noun

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

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Origin of rowen

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

Words nearby rowen

rowdy, rowdyish, rowdyism, Rowe, rowel, rowen, Rowena, row house, rowing boat, rowing machine, Rowland Heights

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How to use rowen in a sentence

He sues the lady Rowen'a to become his bride, and threatens to kill both Cedric and Ivanhoe if she refuses.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
It will cause them to give as great a flow of milk as any hay, unless it be good rowen.
Cattle and Their Diseases|Robert Jennings
Bailey gives the word, with a somewhat different signification; but he has "Rowen hay, latter hay," as a country word.
Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853|Various
They are all stabled throughout the year, except in harvest time, when they are turned out for a few weeks to rowen feed.
A Walk from London to John O'Groat's|Elihu Burritt

Should we get out before the snow is gone, we always have surplus of clover-rowen cured for the purpose.
Natural and Artificial Duck Culture|James Rankin

British Dictionary definitions for rowen

rowen

/ (ˈraʊən) /

noun

another word for aftermath (def. 2)

Word Origin for rowen

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

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