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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Awn | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Awn \Awn\, n. [OE. awn, agune, from Icel. [94]gn, pl. agnir; akin to Sw. agn, Dan. avne, Goth. ahana, OHG. agana, G. agen, ahne, chaff, Gr. [?], AS. egla; prob. from same root as E. acute. See 3d {Ear}. [?]1.] (Bot.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. --Gray. | |
