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.]

 

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