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rowet

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.]