rawn
/rɔːn/Chiefly Scottish
noun
In singular and plural The roe or ovaries of a female fish (or shellfish).
- Often contrasted with milt..
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in The Forme of Cury. Apparently from an early Scandinavian variant (compare Danish (now regional: chiefly Danish islands) raun, ravn roe) of one of the Scandinavian nouns cited at rown.
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) quiet as a mouse (or lamb)
- (as) quiet as the grave
- asquint
- Asquith, Herbert Henry
- as rare (or scarce) as hen's teeth
- (as) red as a beetroot (beet)
- as regards
- as regular as clockwork
- (as) right as a trivet
- (as) right as rain
- (as) rough as guts
- ass
- -ass
- Assad, Hafiz al-
- as safe as houses
- assagai
- assai
- assail
- assailable
- assailant
- Assam
- Assamese
- assart
- assassin