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Awn

noun
1.
Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.



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"Awn" Quotes from Famous Books



... is on fire, take tent to thy awn."—("Scottish Proverbs: Gathered together by David Fergusson, sometime Minister at Dunfermline," &c. Edinburgh, ...
— The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) • John Knox
... by the Indians Pen-et-awn-gu-shene, "the Bay of the White Rolling Sand," is a magnificent harbour, about three miles in length, narrow and land-locked completely by hills on each side. Here is always a steam-vessel of war, of a small class, with others in ordinary, stores and ...
— Canada and the Canadians - Volume I • Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle


Words linked to "Awn" :   beard


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