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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gowan(e, n. Also: govwane, gouan. [Var. of northern Eng. gollan (1538), a name for various yellow flowers.] A daisy. Also attrib. with hill, rig. 1542 Prot. Bk. J. Cristisone 79.
[The] rig [commonly called] govwane rig 1570 Sat. P. xv. 5.
Ȝe greinis, grow gray; ȝe gowanis, dune a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xli. 10.
The feildis ouerflouis With gouans that grouis 1633 M. Works Acc. XXVII. 19.
For leiding fra the gowane hilles to the gaites betuixt the castell ȝet and lambes house end … deid sand