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单词 rowan
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rowann.1

Brit. /ˈrəʊən/, /ˈraʊən/, U.S. /ˈraʊən/, /ˈroʊən/, Scottish English /ˈrʌʊən/, /ˈroən/
Forms:

α. late Middle English ron, late Middle English rone, 1800s rown, 1800s– roan, 1800s– rowan; Scottish pre-1700 1700s rone, pre-1700 1700s– rowan, 1700s roane, 1700s roun, 1700s–1800s roan, 1800s row'n; Irish English (northern) 1900s– roan, 1900s– round.

β. Scottish 1700s ran, 1700s rane, 1700s raun, 1900s– raan; English regional (Yorkshire) 1900s– ran.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian.
Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Norwegian rogn , (Nynorsk) raun , also (with a suffix causing i-mutation) Old Icelandic reynir , Faroese royni- (in roynitræ rowan tree), Old Swedish röne , rönd (Swedish rönn ), Old Danish røne (Danish røn )), probably a derivative (with nasal suffix) of the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic rauðr red adj. Compare ( < early forms of the Scandinavian word) Saami raudna rowan, and also Finnish Rauni , the name of a goddess. With sense 2 compare earlier rowan-tree n. Compare also rodden n.The β. forms show a different reflex of the same early Scandinavian diphthong. The word was apparently used almost exclusively in Scotland and the north of England until the 19th cent. The earliest name in other parts of Britain is quickbeam n.; compare also mountain ash n. With rowan branch compare earlier rowan-tree branch at rowan-tree n. Compounds.
chiefly Scottish in early use.
1. The bright red, berry-like fruit of the rowan-tree (see sense 2), sometimes used for making jellies or other preserves, typically served with meat.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash > rowan-berry
rowanc1440
rodden1568
rowan berry1723
c1440 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Thornton) (1965) 612 I sall gyffe a nobill stede Es rede als any rone [Calig. ron; Thornton rhymes one, stane, slayne; Calig. rhymes on, ston, sclon].
a1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 206 My ruby cheikis wes reid as rone Ar leyn.
c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 78 Quhair Lilies lyk lou-is Als rid as the rone [rhyme gone].
1829 A. Cunningham Magic Bridle in Anniversary 153 A sonsie bit, red hung with rowans!
1897 ‘S. Grand’ Beth Bk. xxix. 307 Hips and haws and rowans also rioted in red.
1977 A. S. Fraser In Memory Long xii. 69 The rowans had to be red and stripped of stalks.
2005 C. D. Wright & J. Scott Greener Life 60/1 We pick rowans from the tree planted to ward off evil.
2. The European mountain ash, Sorbus acuparia, a small deciduous tree with pinnate leaves and clusters of white flowers; (in later use also) any of various other trees and shrubs of the genus Sorbus. Cf. earlier rowan-tree n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash
quick treeeOE
wycheOE
quickena1400
foldc1420
rowan-tree1483
quickbeam?1537
wild ash1552
field ash1578
mountain ash1597
quicken berry1597
whitten1633
witchen1664
quickenberry tree1671
wicky1681
rowan1751
narrow-leaved service tree1793
sorb1796
bastard mountain ash1800
roundwood1846
fowler's service tree1859
1751 Chrons. Atholl & Tullibardine Families III. 404 The Rones, Water Alder, &c., &c., was as full of frute as they could hang.
1767 Aberdeen Jrnl. 6 Apr. Some Rane or Mountain Ash.
1778 Edinb. Mag. Aug. 397/1 Plantations of holly, yew, white-beam, rowan, spindletree, hawthorn, and juniper.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 100 A heap of withered boughs was piled, Of juniper and rowan wild.
1861 D. H. Haigh Conq. Brit. by Saxons 78 (note) The tree of which he speaks is probably the mountain-ash, rown or witch.
1887 R. Buchanan Heir of Linne iii The rowan or mountain-ash shook its scarlet berries and dipped its tasselled hair.
1906 J. F. Defebaugh Hist. Lumber Industry Amer. I. ii. 41 Pyrus americana. Mountain ash. Also called rowan in Canada and elsewhere. Of no commercial importance.
1946 O. Malet Marjory Fleming (2000) iii. 126 The rowans were splendid with their bright scarlet berries.
1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 221 Kashmir Rowan. A most beautiful small tree with clusters of soft pink flowers in May.
2003 Oxoniensia 67 171 Members of the Pomoideae such as hawthorn, apple, whitebeam, wild service and rowan may also have grown within the woodland.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as rowan branch, rowan jelly, rowan twig, etc.
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1802 J. Leyden Cout of Keeldar in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border II. 368 In Keeldar's plume the holly green, And rowan leaves, nod on.
1829 F. Hemans Let. 13 July in H. F. Chorley Mem. Mrs. Hemans (1836) x. 139 I..even—direst misfortune of all! scratched my face with a rowan branch.
1835 R. Nicoll Poems & Lyrics 14 I lo'e the bonnie rowan bush In yon lane glen.
1899 Daily News 4 Nov. 7/6 Rowan jelly with game.
1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 174 In the Lakes..the cream was stirred with a Rowan stick.
1971 R. Condon Vertical Smile (1973) xxxvii. 259 A saddle of lamb..delicate enough to accept only such a tracklement as rowan jelly.
2000 J. Harris Blackberry Wine (2001) x. 54 People just knew things. Believed things. Like..rowan twigs to keep away evil spirits.
C2.
rowan berry n. [compare Norwegian rognebær, (Nynorsk) raunebær, Old Swedish röndebær (Swedish rönnbær), Danish rønnebær (already in early modern Danish)] = sense 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash > rowan-berry
rowanc1440
rodden1568
rowan berry1723
1723 in H. Hamilton Select. Monymusk Papers (1945) 98 I have gathred a quantity of roanberries.
1793 R. Heron Observ. Journey Western Counties Scotl. I. 208 The clusters of rowan-berries which crowned its trees.
1814 W. Scott Diary 23 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. vii. 227 A pennon of silk, with something like round red rowan-berries wrought upon it.
1891 J. M. Barrie Little Minister I. i. 9 Rowan berries in your black hair.
1928 L. Stockett Baltimore xvii. 282 Close to the house was a bush of rowan berries.
2002 Guardian 17 Jan. ii. 15/1 The Bohemian waxwing has a taste for rowan berries that have begun to ferment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Rowann.2

Forms:

α. pre-1700 Rovane, pre-1700 Rowan, pre-1700 Rowand, pre-1700 Rowane, pre-1700 Rowen.

β. pre-1700 1700s Rollan.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Rowan, Rouen.
Etymology: < Rowan, former (chiefly Older Scots) variant of the name of Rouen (see Rouen n.), where the cloth was produced. Compare Middle Low German Rowān , the name of Rouen. Compare roan n.2 and the French forms cited at that entry.
Scottish. Obsolete.
attributive. Designating cloth imported from or in the style of Rouen, esp. fine quality wool cloth in various colours; (also) linen, silk, or (later) cotton cloth of this kind. Cf. roan n.2 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric from specific place > [adjective]
Dundee1456
Rowan1488
Brugesc1503
northern1523
Ghentish1582
Naples1591
East Indy1600
Yeddo1866
toile de Jouy1885
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 153 For ij elne j quartar of Rowane gray for a gowne to the duke.
1494 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 231 To Robert Lundye and the ȝong Lard of Ardross, vij ellis of Rowane tanne.
1496 in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1863) II. App. B. 331 For iij eln' and ane half of rowane tannee to ye duches of Zork [sc. York] to be hir ane seegoun.
1500 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 260 5 ell of Rowanis clath to be hym a gon.
1540 in W. Fraser Mem. Maxwells of Pollok (1863) I. 409 Ane gowne of rowand rwssat, lynit with blak bwigis.
1575 Edinb. Test. III. f. 361, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Rowan(e Quhite Rowane cannes [i.e. canvas].
1700 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 144 4 el blak ribin..an el of Rollan £3, 5 quarters Rollan muslin £3 15 s.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

rowann.3

Brit. /ˈrəʊən/, /ˈraʊən/, U.S. /ˈraʊən/, /ˈroʊən/, Scottish English /ˈrʌʊən/, /ˈroən/
Forms: 1700s rowen, 1800s– rowan, 1800s– rowin.
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rowing n.3
Etymology: Apparently a variant of rowing n.3 (although this is first attested later in the equivalent sense: see rowing n.3 2).
Scottish. Now rare.
A roll of wool, carded and ready for spinning; = roving n.3 2a.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > rove or slubbing
rowa1646
rowan1748
roving1785
slubbing1786
rove1789
rowing1802
slub1851
1748 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. at Rowv.1 The Defender did make ready a Rowen of Wool, by warming it at the Fire.
1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. (Gloss.) Rowan, Rowing,..wool as it comes from the cards.
c1816 Edinb. Encycl. VII. 286 Children are employed to lift the rolls or rowans from the carding engine.
1890 Sc. Notes & Queries Aug. 53 The ‘piecers’ attended to the Billy and ‘pieced’ or mended the ‘rowans’ or rovings as they were drawn in by the slubber.
1905 Border Mag. Feb. 26 The farmers had their wool carded and made into rowans, which the guidwife and her daughters span.
1928 W. C. Fraser Yelpin' Stane i. 17 The carding-mill, where the woollen rowans were prepared for the spinning-wheel.
1963 Scots Mag. Apr. 55 She was sent with ‘rowin's’ to a house beside Euchan Bridge six miles away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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