† agrassadv.

Forms: see a prep.¹ and grass n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, grass n.¹

Etymology: < a prep.¹ + grass n.¹ With sense 1 compare in grass at grass n.¹ 3a.

Obsolete. rare.

1. Of corn: in the blade stage of growth. Cf. in (also on) (the) grass at grass n.¹ 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [adverb] > in the grass or in the blade

agrass1340

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [adverb] > in the grass

agrass1340

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 36 Corn agerse, þe vines in flouringe.

2. On or in the grass.

ΚΠ

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 54 [The horse suffers] the Penalty of his Jaws being curbed, his Tail dock'd, his..Fetters when he runs a-Grass.

1839 C. Lofft Ernest vi. 116 Hurry and clatter, cloaks spread out agrass, Service of awkward lackeys.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agrass
释义	† agrassadv. Forms: see a prep.¹ and grass n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, grass n.¹ Etymology: < a prep.¹ + grass n.¹ With sense 1 compare in grass at grass n.¹ 3a. Obsolete. rare. 1. Of corn: in the blade stage of growth. Cf. in (also on) (the) grass at grass n.¹ 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [adverb] > in the grass or in the blade agrass1340 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [adverb] > in the grass agrass1340 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 36 Corn agerse, þe vines in flouringe. 2. On or in the grass. ΚΠ 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 54 [The horse suffers] the Penalty of his Jaws being curbed, his Tail dock'd, his..Fetters when he runs a-Grass. 1839 C. Lofft Ernest vi. 116 Hurry and clatter, cloaks spread out agrass, Service of awkward lackeys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1340
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