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roughings |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Roughings \Rough"ings\, n. pl Rowen. [Prov. Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rowen \Row"en\, n. [Cf. E. rough, OE row, rowe.] [Called also {rowet}, {rowett}, {rowings}, {roughings}.] 1. A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle. Turn your cows, that give milk, into your rowens till snow comes --Mortimer. 2. The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]