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awn

awn \'o.n\ \'o.nd\ n [ME, fr. OE agen, fr. ON o:gn; akin to OHG agana awn, 
   OE ]ecg edge - more at EDGE : one of the slender bristles that terminate 
   the glumes of the spikelet in  some cereal and other grasses; broadly : a 
   small pointed process - awned aj