Lexicographical Neighbors of Gowlan
Literary usage of Gowlan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"gowlan, White. Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, L., Anthemis arvensis, L., ... gowlan,
Yellow. Ranunculus acris, L., R. bulbosus, L., and R. repens, i.—N. Nhumb. ..."
2. The Lake of Menteith: Its Islands and Vicinity: Its Islands and Vicinity by Andrew Fleming Hutchison (1899)
""According to Sir Walter Scott, the name of gowlan Hills—as he calls the ...
If gowlan was the original in use before any local records that have been ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"GOLLAN, GOLLAND, gowlan, a flower of a golden hue. " As yalla as a gollan " is
a common expression. The following plants are included under the term gollan, ..."
4. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"GOLLAN, GOLLAND, gowlan, a flower of a golden hue. ... The following plants are
included under the term gallon, or gowlan (usually distinguished as "white" ..."
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