eegrassn.
/ˈiːɡrɑːs//ˈiːɡras/ dialect.
= eddish n., edgrew n.
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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
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 325 Eddish..or Eegrass, the..Grass that comes after Mowing.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Eddish, otherwise called..Eagrass.
1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 256 An' we've a-trod the sheenen bliade Ov eegrass in the zummer shiade.
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