gawn

English

Etymology 1

Corrupted from gallon.

Noun

gawn (plural gawns)

  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A small tub or lading vessel.[1]

References
  1. Samuel Johnson (1755 April 15) “GAWN”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volumes I (A–K), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, for J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton;  […], →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Corrupted from going.

Verb

gawn

  1. (pronunciation spelling) Eye dialect spelling of certain regional pronunciations of going.
    • 1841, Susan Edmonstone Ferrier, The Inheritance, page 8:
      I'm no used to your grandees, and I'm no gawn to begin to learn fashionable mainners noo — so dinna ask me — I'm no gawn to mak a fule o' mysel' at this time o' day.
    • 2007, Jacqueline Wales, When the Crow Sings, page 110:
      Agnes came in dressed in nightgown and curlers. “Are we still gawn to the church bingo the night? I told Bessie I'd be gawn.”
    • 2014, Charles R. Allen, 99 Cent Adventure Time Stories: The House of Weird Sleep, page 3:
      “Ah'm gawn to tear yore skin off with this here whip,” came the guttural voice from behind him. “Then ah'm gawn to rub salt in the cuts an' leave you hyar on the floor.”

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡau̯n/
  • Rhymes: -au̯n

Noun

gawn

  1. Soft mutation of cawn.

Verb

gawn

  1. Soft mutation of cawn.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cawn gawn nghawn chawn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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