ˈrowety, a. rare.
Also rowetty.
[f. prec.]
† 1. rowety grass, rowen or rowet-grass. Obs.
| a 1722 Lisle Husb. (1752) 19 They will not..encourage a rowety grass to arise. |
2. = rowty a. rare.
| 1878 Jefferies Gamekeeper at H. 31 The body hidden by the tangled dead ferns and ‘rowetty’ stuff. 1879 ― Wild Life ii. 26 A little of that rowetty grass seen in the damp furrows of the meadows. |