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Awn

noun

Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.

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"Awn" Quotes from Famous Books

... that melodious play, A' deidly awn the quiet sway - A' ken their solemn holiday, Bestial an' human, The singin' lintie on the brae, The ...

— Underwoods • Robert Louis Stevenson

... "I'll warrant he has none too much money. Me hear-rt bleeds for him. Ye'll have no ind iv trailin' an' shadowin' an' other detective wurrk to do awn th' case, no doubt. 'Tis ixpinsive wurrk, that! I was thinkin' maybe ye'd permit me t' contribute a five-dollar bill t' th' wurrk, for I'm that sad t' have had a hand in ...

— Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective • Ellis Parker Butler

... accusers, what hev you ta say? You can reckon that up in yer awn simple way; But if ther's a falsehood in what I hev sed nah, I wish mi new hat wod turn into a cah; So this is my answer, an' this mi defence." "Well done!" sed owd Jennet, "he's ...

— Adventures and Recollections • Bill o'th' Hoylus End

Words linked to "Awn" : awny, beard