E. Ind. Also jawarri, jewary, -arree, jawaree, jowaree, -r(r)y, juarree, juwarree. [Hindī jawārī.] Indian millet, Sorghum vulgare, extensively cultivated in India. Also attrib.
1800. Wellington, in Gurw., Desp. (1837), I. 175. Jowarry, of which there is an abundance everywhere. Ibid. (1801), I. 359. Jowarry straw is the best kind of forage for horses and cattle.
1813. J. Forbes, Oriental Mem., I. 194. The soil … produces juarree, bajeree, natchee, and some inferior grains.
1849. E. B. Eastwick, Dry Leaves, 131. A vast plain, which … is clothed with a gigantic grain, the Jawárí, or Holcus sorgum.
1858. R. Hunter, in Mitchell, Mem. R. Nesbit, 405. The chief grain cultivated in the Deccan is jowaree or the great millet.
