Lexicographical Neighbors of Gowlans
Literary usage of Gowlans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"See gowlans. Gould, White. See Gold, White. Goule. Myrica Gale, L.—With. ed. ii.
Gouls. Chrysanthemum segetum, L. — Midland Counties (Rural Cyclopaedia). ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"White gowlans is a generic term for the various plants in the common parlance of
the North of England, termed ' big daisies.'— Buttercups and Daisies. ..."
3. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1873)
"... adj- affable, sociable, pleased with each other. ,• gowlans, sb.pl. the yellow
flowers of the ..."
4. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"White gowlans is a generic term for the various plants in the common parlance of
the North of England, termed ' big daisies. ..."
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