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rowiness

rowiness noun: the state or condition of being rowy.

Noun

rowiness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being rowy.
    • […] thereby causing the rowiness or pattern-like appearance, which is completely obviated by the present contrivance.1789, Transactions of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, page 4
    • In Mr. Heath's machine […] is the means by which he obtains lines not only varied in themselves, but differing from each other so as to avoid rowiness, and thus to produce, it is presumed, a near resemblance to hand-ruling, retaining, at the same time, the perfect equality of distance between the...1838, Transactions of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, page 28

Origin of rowiness

From rowy + -ness.

Questions about rowiness

What does rowiness mean?
Rowiness means the state or condition of being rowy.
What part of speech is rowiness?
Rowiness is a noun.

Words near rowiness in the dictionary

  1. rowhouse
  2. rowhouses
  3. rowi
  4. rowie
  5. rowies
  6. rowiness
  7. rowing
  8. rowing back
  9. rowing boat
  10. rowing boats
  11. rowing in the same boat

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