Definition of "awny" [awn•y]

• Having awns; bearded, bristly (adjective)

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• "The beautiful glow in the west died out, where the sun had been ripening his harvest-field of sheafy gold and awny cloud; and the pulse of quivering dusk beat slowly, so that a man might seem to count it, or rather a child, who sees such things, which later men lose sight of."