Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pasture or grass that comes after mowing or reaping.
- noun See the extract.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See
arrish .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been beenmowed ; also, a field of such growth.
Etymologies
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Origin uncertain; but probably from Middle English eddish (found only in compounds: e.g. eddish-hen ("eddish-hen, quail")), ultimately from Old English edisc ("an eddish or aftermath; pasture; enclosed pasture, park"), equivalent to ed- + -ish.
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Examples
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The hay was gathered from the fields, and cattle were turned on to the eddish.
Sons and Lovers 1913
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The hay was gathered from the fields, and cattle were turned on to the eddish.
Sons and Lovers 1907
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'When wheat upon eddish (stubble), ye mind to bestowe Let that be the first of the wheat ye do sowe'; and
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Leicestershire and Cambridgeshire the name _eddish_ prevails, I am told, and hence _eddish cheese_, made from the milk of cows which have grazed
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This term is pure A. - Saxon, _mæth_, the mowing; the former word _fog_, and _eddish_ also, are to be found in dictionaries, but their derivation is not satisfactory.
sionnach commented on the word eddish
stubble
July 24, 2008
qms commented on the word eddish
I take a great pleasure in knowing
That aftermath follows on mowing.
This naming of eddish
Has turned to my fetish
And foggage foretells the next sowing.
February 23, 2017