Edgrow

//ˈɛdɡɹəʊ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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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"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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