ˈedgrew, -grow Obs. exc. dial.
Also 9 dial. etgro.
[f. ed- + stem of OE. grów-an; cf. OE. edgrówung, ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 149.]
The aftergrowth of grass; aftermath, eddish.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 135 Edgrow, greese [K, etc. edgraw, herbe, H.P. growe, greese], bigermen, regermen. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 72/2 Edgrewe is the Grass left growing after Mowing, some term it the Latter grass, or latter growing. 1726 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3), Edgrew, some term it Latter-grass or Latter-math. 1875 Lanc. Gloss. (E.D.S.) s.v., So mitch for t'gress and soa mitch for t'etgro. |