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Webster 1913 Edition
Awn
Awn
(a̤n)
, Noun.
[OE.
awn
, agune
, from Icel. ögn
, pl. agnir
; akin to Sw. agn
, Dan. avne
, Goth. ahana
, OHG. agana
, G. agen
, ahne
, chaff, Gr. ἄχνη
, AS. egla
; prob. from same root as E. acute
. See 3d Ear
. √1.] (Bot.)
The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
Gray.