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n. [ From G.T. Bowen, who analyzed it in 1822. ] (Min.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. imp. pl. of Fly, v. i. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ See Own. ] Own. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A follower of Robert Owen, who tried to reorganize society on a socialistic basis, and established an industrial community on the Clyde, Scotland, and, later, a similar one in Indiana. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. (Zool.) A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or Coregonus ferus); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Turn your cows, that give milk, into your rowens till snow comes. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath. [ Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]