ear-grassn.

Brit.

/ˈɪəɡrɑːs/,

/ˈɪəɡras/, U.S.

/ˈɪ(ə)rɡræs/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– ear-grass, 1800s– year-grass (English regional (Somerset)).

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ear n.³, grass n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < ear n.³ + grass n.¹ Compare (apparently unrelated) eegrass n., and also arrish n.

English regional (Somerset) in later use. Now rare.

A second crop or new growth of grass after the first has been mown; = aftermath n. 1. Also: grass sown on arable land.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > cultivated or for pasture

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > aftercrop > aftermath

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1686 W. Leonard 3rd Pt. Rep. Cases of Law cclxxii. 213 Ear-grass is such Grass, which is upon the Land after the mowing, until the Feast of the Annunciation after.

1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Eddish, or Eadish, the latter pasture, or grass, which comes after mowing, or reaping; otherwise called ear-grass, earsh, and etch.

1873 W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones Gloss. Somersetshire 12 Ear-grass, or Hay-grass, grass after mowing, from A S erian, to till; the grass of tilled land.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Ear-grass,..the annual or biennial grasses sown upon arable land.

1967 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin Surv. Eng. Dial. IV. i. 252 Q[uestion]. When you let the grass grow again for a second crop, you call it..[Somerset] Year-grass.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ear-grass
释义	ear-grassn. Brit. /ˈɪəɡrɑːs/, /ˈɪəɡras/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rɡræs/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– ear-grass, 1800s– year-grass (English regional (Somerset)). Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ear n.³, grass n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < ear n.³ + grass n.¹ Compare (apparently unrelated) eegrass n., and also arrish n. English regional (Somerset) in later use. Now rare. A second crop or new growth of grass after the first has been mown; = aftermath n. 1. Also: grass sown on arable land. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [noun] > herbage or grass > cultivated or for pasture pasturea1400 fogc1400 vesture1455 vestiturec1460 pasturagea1522 feed1580 agistment1598 pasture grass1628 ear-grass1686 artificial grass1733 seeds1794 tath1807 green stuff1895 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > aftercrop > aftermath edgrewc1440 rowen1440 eddish1468 aftermath1496 lattermath1510 after-pasturec1541 fog1570 roughingsc1575 etch1580 aftergrass1587 eddish-grass1610 edge-growth1610 eatagea1642 lattermowth1661 eegrass1669 ear-grass1686 etch-crop1704 after-mowth1711 afterfeed1714 roweta1722 rowety grassa1722 aftergrowth1766 foggage1775 after-eatage1781 roughet1890 1686 W. Leonard 3rd Pt. Rep. Cases of Law cclxxii. 213 Ear-grass is such Grass, which is upon the Land after the mowing, until the Feast of the Annunciation after. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Eddish, or Eadish, the latter pasture, or grass, which comes after mowing, or reaping; otherwise called ear-grass, earsh, and etch. 1873 W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones Gloss. Somersetshire 12 Ear-grass, or Hay-grass, grass after mowing, from A S erian, to till; the grass of tilled land. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Ear-grass,..the annual or biennial grasses sown upon arable land. 1967 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin Surv. Eng. Dial. IV. i. 252 Q[uestion]. When you let the grass grow again for a second crop, you call it..[Somerset] Year-grass. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1686
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