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Lawn vs Lown - What's the difference?

lawn | lown |

As nouns the difference between lawn and lown

is that lawn is an open space between woods while lown is a low fellow.

As a proper noun Lawn

is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador.

As an adjective lown is

peaceful, calm.

lawn

English

(wikipedia lawn)

Etymology 1

Early Modern English "; Old Norse & Old English land

Noun

  • An open space between woods.
  • Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
  • * , chapter=1
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,
  • (lb) An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
    • Derived terms
    * lawn mower * lawned

    Etymology 2

    Apparently from (Laon) , a town in France known for its linen manufacturing.

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A type of thin linen or cotton.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), Dracula :
    • The stream had trickled over her chin and stained the purity of her lawn death robe.
  • * 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 144:
    • He looked through the glass at the fire, set it down on the end of the desk and wiped his lips with a sheer lawn handkerchief.
  • (in the plural) Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
  • (countable, obsolete) A piece of clothing made from lawn.
  • * 1910 , Margaret Hill McCarter, The Price of the Prairie :

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    lown

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) logn'', ''lygn .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (Scotland) peaceful, calm
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "lown")

    References

    * lown in Merriam-Webster's online dictionary

    Etymology 2

    See (loon).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A low fellow.