Edgrow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɛdɡɹəʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Edgrow is a noun meaning (obsolete) Aftergrass; eddish.
Meaning
(obsolete) Aftergrass; eddish.
Example Sentences
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.
Similarly, Thomas Bowen of Tyddyn, Llanidloes, complained to Harris about the 'careless sayings' of a brother called Jones who at a society meeting in Montgomeryshire uttered words like the following: You shall be turn'd into the Clover, and afterwards into the Edgrow which was brought [= ? bought] with the blood of the Lamb: the Sun circulateth in the Blood of the Lamb.
Word Forms
- edgrew
Synonyms for edgrow
Depending on context, synonyms include edgrowth.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include edgrew, etch, after-eatage, higre, arrish, excrescency.
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