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▪ I. † segge1 poet. Obs. Forms: 1 secg, 3 sæg, 3–4 (6) seg, 3–6 segge, 4–6 sege, 4 segg, (seegge, 5 seege, seghe, seige), 6 sedge. [OE. sęcg = OS. segg, ON. segg-r:—OTeut. *sagjo-z.] A man. (In the 16th c. only contemptuous.)Beowulf 208 (Gr.) Secg wisade, laᵹucræftiᵹ mon, land⁓ᵹemyrcu. Ibid. 633 Þa ...
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Under the Frog
The title is taken from a Hungarian expression, "a béka segge alatt" used to describe any situation when things can't seem to get any worse: "under a frog's
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Carex bohemica
It is called Zypergras-Segge in German.
Description
The grasses can reach heights of 25 to 40 centimeters long. It has simple, alternate leaves.
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seggon
† ˈseggon Obs. rare—1. [Of obscure origin; connexion with segge seems unlikely.] A term of depreciation or pity (meaning uncertain).1573–80 Tusser Husb. (1878) 174 Poore seggons halfe starued worke faintly and dull.
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Elachista serricornis
Biology
The larvae feed on Carex elata, rare spring sedge (Carex ericetorum), Carex ferruginea, wood segge (Carex sylvatica), bladder sedge (Carex vesicaria
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sugge
▪ I. † sugge Obs. [Shortening of haysugge.] The hedge-sparrow.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 483/2 Sugge, bryd, curuca, linosa [read linofa]. a 1500 Medulla Gram., Curuca, a sugge, a dumok [read dunok]. 1530 Palsgr. 278/1 Sugge a byrde. [1847 Halliwell, Segge,..the hedge-sparrow. Devon.]▪ II. sugge obs. form o...
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sedge
▪ I. sedge, n.1 (sɛdʒ) Forms: 1 sæcg, secg (sech, seic, secgg, segc, segg), 3–5 segge (? gg = (dʒ)), 5 sege, cegge, (7 sage), 5– sedge; β. 6–7 segge (? gg = g), 9 dial. seag, 5–7, 9 dial. seg(g. [OE. sęcg masc., once neut. (cf. LG. segge fem., Br. Wbuch.):—OTeut. type *sagjo-z, f. root *sag- (:—Indo...
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seege
▪ I. seege Obs. exc. dial. Also 7 sedge, sege, seydge, 9 dial. seech, sych. [Of obscure origin: perh. identical with the OE. sęcg sea (only in the early glossaries, rendering salum and mare, and as the second element in gársęcg ocean).] The rush of the waves upon the shore; surf.a 1609 Sir F. Vere C...
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squatch
† squatch, v. Obs. Also 4 squach, swatche. [ad. OF. esquachier (escachier), to crush, break.] trans. To squash or smash; to quash or annul.a 1325 MS. Rawl. B. 520 lf. 55 Lo nou is for te segge of þe ansueres ant of excepciouns þat squachez þe writ of Mort de auncestre. c 1380 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg...
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seemlily
† ˈseemlily, adv. Obs. Forms: 4 semlyly, semblely, 5 semlely, semelily, 6 semelely, 7 seemlily. [f. seemly a. + -ly2.] In a seemly manner; so as to present a seemly appearance; pleasingly, handsomely, nobly, elegantly.13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 622 He braydez hit by þe bauderyk, aboute þe hals kestes, Þat...
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three-edged
ˈthree-ˈedged, a. (-ɛdʒd: stress var.) Having three edges. Also fig.1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xxxv. (Bodl. MS.), Segge..is acounted amonge kindes of rissches, as Sias seiþ, and cleped it a þre egged ruyssche. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. L iij b, Nedles..euen and smoth, and thre ...
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enseise
† enˈseise, v. Obs. rare—1. [ad. OF. enseisir, ensaisir, f. en- (see en-1) + saisir to seise.] trans. To put (a person) in possession.c 1420 Anturs of Arth. xxiii, That segge schalle ensese him atte a session.
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seggerson
▪ I. † ˈsegger Obs. rare. [f. segge say v. + -er1.] One given to ‘talking’, a boaster, braggart.c 1440 York Myst. xxviii. 201 Ȝone segger [sc. Christ] Þat callis hym-selffe a sire.▪ II. segger, seggerson Obs. ff. sayer1, sexton.
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