Roughings

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roughings \Rough"ings\, n. pl.
     Rowen. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
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              Turn your cows, that give milk, into your rowens
              till snow comes.                      --Mortimer.
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     2. The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath. [Prov.
        Eng. & Local, U.S.]
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