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edgrow

noun
/ˈɛdɡɹəʊ/

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.

  1. inherited from *edgrōwe✻
  2. inherited from edgrow

Definitions

  1. Aftergrass

    Aftergrass; eddish.

    • 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."
    • Very fine Weather—remarkably hot & dry; the Shrubs languishing for Rain, the Edgrew all burn'd up—a fire in the upper Country amongst the Heaths, & they can't extinguish it for want of Water.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for edgrow. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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