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eegrass dial.|ˈiːgrɑːs, -æ-| Also 8 eagrass. [Of unknown etymology; cf. WSom. eargrass (jɜːgrɑːs) ‘the annual or biennial grasses sown upon arable land’ (Elworthy).] = eddish, edgrew.
1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 325 Eddish..or Eegrass, the..Grass that comes after Mowing. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict., Eddish, otherwise called..Eagrass. 1844W. Barnes Poems Rural Life 256 An' we've a-trod the sheenen bliade Ov eegrass in the zummer shiade. |