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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. Arm.

grouan

gravel, Corn.

grow

gravel, sand.]

(Mining.)

A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

growan ‎(plural growans)

From Proto-Germanic *grōaną ‎(“to grow, become green”), Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁-, *g(')herə- ‎(“to grow, grow green”). Cognate with Old Frisian grōwa ‎(“to grow”), Middle Dutch groeyen, grōyen ‎(“to grow”) (Dutch groeien), Old High German gruoen ‎(“to grow, thrive, flourish”), Old Norse grōa ‎(“to grow, become green”), Old English græs ‎(“grass”), Old English grēne ‎(“green”). More at grass, green.

grōwan

Conjugation of grōwan (strong class 7)