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gowan

English

Etymology

Scots, from Gaelic.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -???n

Noun

gowan (plural gowans)

  1. (Northumbria) The common daisy.
    • 1788, Robert Burns, 'Auld Lang Syne'
      We twa hae run about the braes,
      and pou’d the gowans fine;
      But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit,
      sin' auld lang syne.
  2. (mineralogy) Decomposed granite.

References

  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
  • Michael Quinion, World Wide Words, "Pluck the gowans fine"

Anagrams

  • Wagon, wagon, wango, wonga

Scots

Etymology

From the original form gollan the marsh marigold.

Noun

gowan (plural gowans)

  1. The common daisy.
    • 1788, Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne:
      We twa hae run about the braes, / and pu’d the gowans fine ; / But we’ve wander’d mony a weary foot, / sin auld lang syne.

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kowan

English

Noun

kowan (plural kowans)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cowan (a worker in unmortared stone, an unapprenticed stonemason). [17th century]

Anagrams

  • Nowak, aknow

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