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AWN

\ˈɔːn], \ˈɔːn], \ˈɔː_n]\

Definitions of AWN

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A scale or husk: beard of corn or grass.
AWNED, AWNLESS.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

The beard of grain.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A bristle of the beard of a grass, as of wheat or rye.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The beard of corn or grass.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The "beard" of grass, grain, etc..

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

n. [Gothic, Greek] The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, & Chaldea.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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