But these round hills and square bawnes, which you see so strongly trenched and throwne up
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Bawn
//bɔːn//
Synonyms for "bawn"
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The Grand Question Debated Whether Hamilton's Bawn Should be Turned into a Barrack or a Malt-house − 1729 This Hamilton's bawn, while it sticks in my hand, / I lose by the house what I get by the land; / But how to dispose of it to the best bidder, / For a barrack or malthouse, we now must consider.
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When he was coming into the bawn at dinner-time, what work did he find Jack at but pulling armfuls of the thatch off the roof, and peeping into the holes he was making?
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He [...] then made his way to where he belonged in Bronding country, home again, sure of his ground in strongroom and bawn.
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