awned, awny
(adjective) having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses; “awned wheatgrass”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
awned (not comparable)
Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
• aristate
• dewan, wande, waned
Source: Wiktionary
Awned, a. (Bot.)
Definition: Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded. Gray.
Awn, n. Etym: [OE. awn, agune, from Icel. ögn, pl. agnir; akin to Sw. agn, Dan. avne, Goth. ahana, OHG. agana, G. agen, ahne, chaff, Gr. egla; prob. from same root as E. acute. See 3d Ear. (Bot.)
Definition: The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
