An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Isl. gyll, parelion.

GOW, s. To tak the gow, to run off without paying one's debts, Ang.

O. Teut. gouw, a country.

GOWAN. s.
1. The generic name for daisy, S.
Brand.
2. Singly, it denotes the mountain daisy, S.

Gael. gugan, a daisy.

Burns.

Ewe-gowan, s. The common daisy, S. B. probably from the ewe, as being frequent in pastures, and fed on by sheep.

Horse-gowan, s. The Leontodon, the Hypochaeris, and the Crepis, S.

Yellow-gowan, In S., denoting different species of the Ranunculus, the Marsh marigold, and Corn marigold.
Ramsay.

Gowany, adj. Abounding with daisies, S.
Ramsay.