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awn

noun
/ɔːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, from Old Norse ǫgn (compare Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (compare Old English agnu, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašni̇̀s (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). More at edge.

  1. derived from *h₂eḱ-✻
  2. derived from *aḱanā✻
  3. derived from *aganō✻
  4. derived from ǫgn
  5. inherited from awne

Definitions

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

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

    • In one exotic genus, Aristida, the awn is compound, having three forks or branches; another exotic genus, Pappophorum, is remarkable in having the flowering glume armed with a dozen or more awns.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA