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▪ I. rowan1 north. and Sc.
(ˈrəʊən, Sc. ˈraʊən)
Also roan, rown, etc. (see rowan-tree).
[Of Scand. origin, corresponding either to Norw. rogn (cf. rown), or more probably to raun (roun, raon, Sw. rön, Da. røn), of which Icel. reynir, MSw. röne, MDa. røne, are derivative forms.]
1. The mountain ash; = rowan-tree 1.
1804J. Grahame Sabbath 443 The sloe, or rowan's bitter bunch. 1810Scott Lady of L. iii. iv, A heap of wither'd boughs was piled, Of juniper and rowan wild. 1861D. H. Haigh Conq. Brit. by Saxons 78 note, The tree of which he speaks is probably the mountain-ash, rown or witch. 1887R. Buchanan Heir of Linne iii, The rowan or mountain-ash shook its scarlet berries and dipped its tasselled hair.
2. The berry of the mountain ash. Also attrib.
1880H. Todd Poet. Wks. (1907) 213 Still shine the rowans red. 1897Sarah Grand Beth Bk. xxix, Hips and haws and rowans also rioted in red. 1899Daily News 4 Nov. 7/6 Rowan jelly with game.
3. rowan-berry, = prec.
1814Scott Diary 23 Aug. in Lockhart (1836) III. vii. 227 A pennon of silk, with something like round red rowan⁓berries wrought upon it. 1845New Stat. Acc. Scot. XIV. 191 The native fruits found in the parish are brambles,..roanberries and hazelnuts. 1891Barrie Little Minister (1890) 6 Rowan berries in your black hair.
▪ II. rowan2 Sc.|ˈraʊən|
[For rowin', rowing vbl. n.6]
A roving (of wool or cotton).
c1816Edin. Encycl. VII. 286 Children are employed to lift the rolls or rowans from the carding engine. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 391 The rows or rowans are taken to a roving-billy. 1890Scott. N. & Q. Aug. 53 The ‘piecers’ attended to the Billy and ‘pieced’ or mended the ‘rowans’ or rovings as they were drawn in by the slubber.
▪ III. rowan
variant of rowen. |