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edgrowth

edgrowth noun: synonym of edgrow (“aftergrass, eddish”).

Noun

edgrowth (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of edgrow (“aftergrass, eddish”).
    • John Bullock, … desired he might diglage of me for this year, 1635; and, … I doe now let him the hay & edgrowth thereof for this present summer 1635; …1635 Mary 15, entry in the Wigan Leger, published in 1889 in the Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, section on the History of the Church...
    • … the sea overflowed … drowning many hundreds of great marsh sheep, destroying 400 or 500 acres of edgrowth (sic) or after-grass and old grass, and injuring his hay; …1895, Calendar of State Papers: Of the Reign of Charles II, volume 11, summarizing a petition from 1671 October 12 of John Kendall of Thetford to Lord Arlington
    Synonyms:
    edgrow

Synonyms of edgrowth

Origin of edgrowth

Alteration (due to growth), of edgrow, equivalent to ed- + growth. More at edgrow.

Questions about edgrowth

What does edgrowth mean?
Edgrowth means synonym of edgrow (“aftergrass, eddish”).
What part of speech is edgrowth?
Edgrowth is a noun.

Words near edgrowth in the dictionary

  1. edgotypes
  2. Edgren
  3. Edgrens
  4. edgrew
  5. edgrow
  6. edgrowth
  7. EDGs
  8. Edgton
  9. Edgware
  10. Edgworth
  11. edgy

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