gawn Obs. exc. dial.
(gɔːn)
Also 7 gawne. See also goan.
[contraction for gallon.]
1. A gallon.
| 1565 in T. Sharp Diss. Cov. Myst. (1825) 50 It' payd for iij gawnes of ale in the pagiand. 1609 C. Butler Fem. Mon. iii. (1623) E iv, The abating of one inch in each dimension, abateth a gawne in the content. 1691 Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 379 His fare was course, his drink of a penny a gawn or gallon. 1886 Chesh. Gloss., Gawn, a gallon. |
2. (See quots.)
| 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 320/2 A Gawn..is a Vessel made after the form of a Piggen, but it hath a long handle or neck thereby to reach to the bottom of deep Brewing Vessels to fetch out the Liquor. 1841 Hartshorne Salop. Antiq. Gloss., Gawn, a small bucket chiefly used in brewing. 1881 Leicestersh. Gloss., Gawn, a milking lade; any vessel for lading out a liquid. 1890 Sale-Catal. Suffield House near Derby, Two milk gawns. 1894 S.E. Worc. Gloss., Gawn, a tub holding about a gallon, and usually having an handle projecting upwards on one side. |