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Definition of Rowed
1. a. Formed into a row, or rows; having a row, or rows; as, a twelve-rowed ear of corn.
Definition of Rowed
1. Verb. (past of row) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rowed
1. row [v] - See also: row
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rowed
Literary usage of Rowed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"It will be noticed that two matches were rowed in 1849. ... The distance rowed
upon this course, which is called 5 miles, is about 44. ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1888)
"which had grown from seed from a 16 rowed ear, (2) seed from an 18 rowed ear from
16 rowed seed, and (3) seed from an 18 rowed ear from 18 rowed seed. ..."
3. The Book of American Pastimes: Containing a History of the Principal Base by Charles A. Peverelly (1866)
"The Winship was rowed in a capital manner, and led from the start to the finish.
The Unknown was rowed by two young men, Vallory and Leary, who also rowed ..."
4. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1862)
"1—1 bushel basket of ears 8 rowed corn weighed....45,>i Ibs. Cob of same weighed
0 " Whole amount oí shelled corn weighed ..."
5. American Journal of Education (1878)
"Well rowed, well rowed "; for First Trinity has leapt ahead with a bound, ...
Well rowed, 4," as Wright's broad back comes leaping forward and springing ..."
6. The Cereals in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1908)
"In the two-rowed type the lateral grains have failed to develop through the ...
In the six-rowed type the joints of the rachis are closer together and less ..."