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edgrowth

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *gʰreh₁-✻ — “to grow, become green”
  2. inherited from *grōaną✻ — “to grow, grow green”
  3. inherited from *grōan✻
  4. inherited from grōwan — “to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”
  5. inherited from growen
  6. suffixed as growth — “grow + th”
  7. prefixed as edgrowth — “ed + growth”

Definitions

  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; …
    • … 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; …

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA