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edgrew
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 Ar...
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eegrass
eegrass dial. (ˈiːgrɑːs, -æ-) Also 8 eagrass. [Of unknown etymology; cf. WSom. eargrass (jɜːgrɑːs) ‘the annual or biennial grasses sown upon arable land’ (Elworthy).] = eddish, edgrew.1669 Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 325 Eddish..or Eegrass, the..Grass that comes after Mowing. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict...
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ed-
† ed-, prefix OE. ed- = OHG. it(a, id- (MHG. ite-, it-, mod.G. dial. it-), ON. ið-, Goth. id-, again, backwards (= L. re-). Frequent in OE.; a few examples survived into ME.; see edbote, edgrew, edhalde.
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edge-growth
† edge-growth corruption of *edgrowth = edgrew.1610 W. Folkingham Art of Survey ii. x. 63 The second is of Mastage, Edge-grouth, Winter-Herbage, etc.
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