† finetopn.
U.S. Obsolete.
A kind of bent (genus Agrostis) used as a meadow and pasture grass, probably Agrostis capillaris (now usually called colonial bent or Rhode Island bent).
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red grass1582
spring grass1643
sweet-grass1709
herd-grass1747
Guinea grass1756
vernal grass1762
vernal1771
Paspalum1772
buffalo grass1784
Rhode Island bent1790
red-top1792
finetop1824
kangaroo-grass1827
gamagrass1831
sweet vernal grass1839
yellow-top1839
grama1844
sesame grass1845
sacate1848
Para grass1850
Hungarian1859
alfilaria1860
sacaton1865
Mitchell grass1867
teosinte1877
Landsborough grass1883
turnip-grass1889
brown top1891
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Rhodes grass1903
Sudan1911
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1824 New Eng. Farmer 14 Feb. 229/2 The kinds of hay-seed I made use of, were herdsgrass, clover, and finetop.
1857 4th Ann. Rep. Mass. Board Agric. 26 Redtop, Finetop, Burden's Grass, Dew Grass, Herds Grass of Pennsylvania and Southern States.
1889 G. Vasey Agric. Grasses U.S. (ed. 2) 46 Agrostis vulgaris (Redtop, Finetop, Herds Grass, Bent Grass, etc.).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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