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单词 rowet
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rowetn.

Brit. /ˈraʊɪt/, U.S. /ˈraʊət/
Forms: 1700s roet, 1700s ruet, 1700s– rowet, 1700s– rowett, 1800s rout, 1800s rowed, 1800s– rouet.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: row adj., -et suffix2.
Etymology: Apparently < row adj. + -et suffix2. Compare earlier roughet n. and rowty adj. Compare also earlier rowen n.
Chiefly English regional (southern). Now historical and rare.
Grass which grows on cultivated land or pasture after mowing or harvest (cf. aftermath n. 1); (also) coarse, tufted grass growing on wasteland, in ditches, etc. Also (as a count noun): a patch or tuft of such grass. Also attributive, esp. in rowet-grass.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > grasses perceived as weeds > [noun] > rowet
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rowety grassa1722
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > aftercrop > aftermath
edgrewc1440
rowen1440
eddish1468
aftermath1496
lattermath1510
after-pasturec1541
fog1570
roughingsc1575
etch1580
aftergrass1587
eddish-grass1610
edge-growth1610
eatagea1642
lattermowth1661
eegrass1669
ear-grass1686
etch-crop1704
after-mowth1711
afterfeed1714
roweta1722
rowety grassa1722
aftergrowth1766
foggage1775
after-eatage1781
roughet1890
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 251 I was afraid they would have been much pinched, their rowet being gone.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 306 Our rowet-grass falling off a month sooner than their's in the vale.
a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words (BL Lansdowne MS 1033) f. 326 Roet or Ruet, pasture ground fed with cattle as distinguisht from hay-ground.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Dairy The foddering season in the former holds so much longer, occasioned by the rowet-grass falling of a month sooner.
1799 J. Banister Synopsis Husb. iv. i. 251 Rowett hay requires less time in the making than the first cut.
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 321 Rout, coarse grass, which looks brown and sare in the meadows in spring.
1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Rowet-grass, the long rough grass in hedges, etc., which cattle refuse; rowan or coarse aftergrass.
1966 G. E. Fussell Eng. Dairy Farmer 1500–1900 i. 39 Cows in a hill country were let go dry just before winter by the best farmers, and foddered in a close for the benefit of the ‘rowet’ (aftermath).
1967 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin Surv. Eng. Dial. IV. 187 Q[uestion]. What do you call a tuft of coarse grass in a field?.. [Berkshire] rowet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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