rowen

American  

[rou-uhn] / ˈraʊ ən /

noun

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

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rowen British  

/ ˈraʊən /

noun

1. another word for aftermath

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Etymology

Origin of rowen

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

Example Sentences

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rowen

For oft at festes have I wel herd say,   That Tregetoures, within an halle large,   Have made come in a water and a barge,   And in the halle rowen up and doun.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

As I was gathering the rowen crop of after-enjoyment which rewards us when we reflect freshly upon our adventures, whom should I meet but Richard Starkweather himself in his battered machine.

From Great Possessions by Grayson, David

For oft at festes have I wel herd say That tregetoures, within an halle large, Have made come in a water and a barge, And in the halle rowen up and doun.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

Brown fern, shrivelled rush tip, grey rowen grass at the verge of the ditch showed that frost had wandered thither in the night.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard

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 Bellamy, Edward