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Webster 1913 Edition

Eddish

Ed′dish

,
Noun.
[AS.
edisc
; cf. AS. pref.
ed-
again, anew. Cf.
Eddy
, and
Arrish
.]
Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See
Arrish
.
[Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Eddish

ED'DISH

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eddish

eddish

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Noun

eddish ‎(plural eddishes)

  1. An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been been mowed; also, a field of such growth.
    • 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1
      The hay was gathered from the fields, and the cattle turned onto the eddish.

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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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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪʃ/

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