rowen
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
Origin of rowen
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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 JenningsBailey gives the word, with a somewhat different signification; but he has "rowen hay, latter hay," as a country word.
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 BurrittShould 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
/ (ˈraʊən) /
another word for aftermath (def. 2)
Origin of rowen
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