sedging Agric.
(ˈsɛdʒɪŋ)
Also seg(g)ing.
[f. sedge v. + -ing1.]
A disease incident to oats, characterized by a thickening of the stem near the ground, said to be caused by a grub.
| 1820 Farmer's Mag. XXI. 32 On a Disease in Oats called Seging... This disease..is known by its soon changing the natural colour of the braird into that of a dark luxuriant green. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 950 Another complaint of the oat-plant is segging or sedging, so named, in consequence of..the leaves becoming broad, and the roots thickened like those of the sedge. 1890 E. A. Ormerod Man. Injur. Insects (ed. 2) 99 Tulip-root or Segging, caused by Stem Eelworm. |