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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.]