Definition of Gowany

1. a. Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies.

Definition of Gowany

1. Adjective. (Scotland) Covered with daisies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gowany

1. gowan [adj] - See also: gowan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gowany

governors-general
governors general
governorship
governorships
governour
governours
governourship
governs
govorn
govs
govt
govvy
gowan
gowaned
gowans
gowany (current term)
gowd
gowder
gowdest
gowdie
gowdnook
gowds
gowen cypress
gowerite
gowf
gowfed
gowfer
gowfers
gowfing
gowfs

Literary usage of Gowany

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect by Robert Burns (1824)
"Gowan, the flower of the daisy, dandelion, hawk-weed, &c. gowany, gowany glens, daisied dates. Gowd, gold. ..."

2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"In gowany glens thy burnie strays, Poem on Pastoral Poetry. Gowd, Goud [gold). L—d, I'se hae sportin by an' by, , For my gowd guinea ..."

3. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1876)
"... gowany glen, For it's always Sabbath among the flowers, How aft hae I paused in thac green retreats O' the hare und the foggy-bee, While the Untie ..."

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