Edgrow
//ˈɛdɡɹəʊ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Aftergrass; eddish. obsolete, uncountable
"1699, July 29 — This week has produced much rain here; if the same be at Brampton, will not you please to order the grounds to be watered, which may produce good "edgrow.""
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More examples"1699, July 29 — This week has produced much rain here; if the same be at Brampton, will not you please to order the grounds to be watered, which may produce good "edgrow.""
Etymology
From Middle English edgrow, edgrowe, from Old English *edgrōwe (“regrowth”), from edgrōwan (“to grow back”), suggested by derivative edgrōwung (“a regrowing, a growing again”), equivalent to ed- + grow.
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