roughings dial.
(ˈrʌfɪŋz)
Also 8 roughin.
[App. a var. of rowen, influenced by rough a. through the variant row a.1]
(See quots.)
| 1674 Ray N.C. Words, Eddish, Roughings. 1691 ― S. & E.C. Words, Roughings, latter grass, after-mathes. 1694 Kennett Par. Antiq. Gloss. s.v. Ernes, Roughings and Aftermaths. 1736 J. Lewis Isle of Thanet Gloss. (E.D.S.), Roughin, the grass after mowing. 1736 Pegge Kenticisms (E.D.S.), Ersh,..the stubble after corn is cut. In Derbyshire they call it edidge, and restrain it to roughings or aftermaths. 1843 Way in Promp. Parv. 424 note, In Hampshire and Sussex it is called rowings or roughings. 1875 Parish Sussex Gloss., Rowens, or Roughings. 1883 Hampshire Gloss., Roughings, winter dried grass. |