Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

Awm (ôm), n. See Aam.

Awn (ôn), n. [OE. awn, agune, from Icel. ögn, pl. agnir; akin to Sw. agn, Dan. avne, Goth. ahana, OHG. agana, G. agen, ahne, chaff, Gr. αχνη, AS. egla; prob. from same root as E. acute. See 3d Ear.]

1. (Bot.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. Gray.

Awned (ônd), a. (Bot.) Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded. Gray.

Awn"ing (?), n. [Origin uncertain: cf. F. auvent awing, or Pers. āwan, āwang, anything suspended, or LG. havening a place sheltered from wind and weather, E. haven.]

1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.

2. (Naut.) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

Awn"inged (?), a. Furnished with an awning.

Awn"less, a. Without awns or beard.

Awn"y (?), a. Having awns; bearded.

A·work" (?), adv. [Pref. a- + work.] At work; in action. "Set awork." Shak.

A·work"ing, adv. [Pref. a- + working.] At work; in action. [Archaic or Colloq.] Spenser.

A·wreak", A·wreke", (?), v. t. & i. To avenge. [Obs.] See Wreak.

A·wrong" (?), adv. [Pref. a- + wrong.] Wrongly. Ford.