Row

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ROW, sb.1 and v.1 Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also in forms ra Cum.; raa Nhb.1; raw Sc. (Jam.) Nhb. w.Yks. n.Lin.1 Cor.; roo Dor.1 [rou, rǭ, rā.] 1. sb. In phr. (1) a row, set in a row; (2) not to give the worth of a row of pins, not to give a fig. (1) Dwn. Rosy lips that, smilin', show little pearly teeth a row, Savage-Armstrong Ballads (1901) 144. (2) w.Yks. Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Jan. 3, 1891). 2. A row of houses, esp. used of a street in a pit village; a row of booths. Lnk. Syne ye'll reach the clachan raw, whaur I leve mysel', Nicholson Kilwuddie (1895) 103. Gall. Down the Spottes burn street there was an auld laigh raw, Kerr Maggie o' Moss (1891) xxv. Nhb. The footpath leading fra the raw, Proudlock Borderland Muse (1896) 341; Nhb.1 Dur. Passing down the row, her passage was like a procession, Guthrie Kitty Fagan (1900) 43. Cum. Here's baby-laikins, rowth o' speyce, On sta's an' ra's extended, Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 241. w.Yks. (J.W.) 3. A narrow passage; a covered footway. Chs.1 The Rows of Chester are covered footways above the lowest story and under the third story of the houses... There are also shops in the lower story, level with the street. Thus the people who walk in the rows are walking over the ceilings of the lower range of shops, and under the projecting bedrooms or sitting rooms of the upper range of shops; Chs.3, e.An.1 4. Obs. A ridge of ground. Abd. Wha wad misca' a Gordon on the raws of Strathbogie Ramsay Prov. (1737) 75, ed. 1776 (Jam.). 5. A hedge; a shaw. e.An.1, Sus. (F.E.) 6. A coal stratum. Stf.1 7. Of cloth: a bar of a different shade or texture running the breadth of the material. w.Yks. (W.T.), w.Yks.5 Hence Rowed, adj. of cloth: barred with uneven or differently shaded wefting. w.Yks. (W.T.) 8. Genus, class. Edb. If ye'd been o' the batch'lor row, It ne'er wad bred up sic a strow, Liddle Poems (1821) 31.

9. v. To set out in a row; to sow or plant in rows. Per. We've raw'd oor neeps, an' made oor hey, Haliburton Ochil Idylls (1891) 46. Slg. Their domiciles are raw'd as neat As herrin strung upon a speet, Taylor Poems (1862) 156. Lnk. Rawed on the hob, whaur they toastit, When tatties were sax-pence a peck, Nicholson Kilwuddie (1895) 157. Dmf. Whar 'mang her bairns Fate's pleas'd tae raw ye, Quinn Heather (1863)
10. Gall. A farmer... Made aften sweet milk cheese, And raw'd them nicely in his deals, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 151, ed. 1876. n.Lin.1 A deäl o' foäks raws the'r to'nups noo; when I was a bairn thaay was alust sawn broadcast.
11. To place or stand in a row or rank. Lnk. Wi' breckans in our caps, We raw'd like sodger loons, An' cam' a' marchin' doon the glen, Lemon St. Mungo (1844) 49. Cor. There were hundreds of sodgers rawed along like onions 'pon straw, Tregellas Tales (1865) 34.
12. To rake hay into ‘rollers’ or ‘wiales.’ Dor.1 12. To form ridges in preparing land for planting potatoes or sowing turnips. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.4, n.Lin.1 Hence rowed up, phr. of land: ridged or ploughed for sowing the crops. n.Yks.2
13. To come up in rows. Slk. Tell us how the lang kail thrive An' how the turnips raw, Geordie, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 363. n.Lin.1 Oor carrots raws nistly; one can see 'em noo all th' len'th o' th' peäce.
14. Obs. Of butter: to become streaky and watery. Cf. rowy. Hrt. Others make a strong brine and therein put pounds of fresh butter, and it will preserve them from rowing, Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) III. i. 136.