sedgen.¹

Brit.

/sɛdʒ/, U.S.

/sɛdʒ/

Forms: Old English sæcg, secg ( sech, seic, secgg, segc, segg), Middle English segge (? gg = /dʒ/), Middle English sege, cegge, (1600s sage), Middle English– sedge; β. 1500s–1600s segge (? gg = g), 1800s dialect seag, Middle English–1600s, 1800s dialect seg(g.

Etymology: Old English sęcg (masculine), once neuter (compare Low German segge (feminine), Br. Wbuch.) < Germanic type *sagjo-z , < root *sag- ( < Indogermanic *sək- : *sēk- in Latin secāre to cut): compare saw n.² For the etymological notion compare quot. 1398 at sense 1aα. below, and the Latin gladiolus, which the Old English word renders in glosses; also the rare Old English sęcg (feminine) ( < *sagjā) a sword.From the same root is Old High German sahor, sahir, sahar ‘scirpus, juncus, carex’ (Middle High German, modern German dialect saher sedge, reeds, young shoots of corn). According to some scholars the Old Celtic *seskā sedge (Irish seisg, Welsh hêsg, Breton hesq) is for *sekskā from the root *sek-. The phonology of the β forms is somewhat obscure. In most of the words which have parallel forms with final /dʒ/ and /ɡ/, the latter may be accounted for by Scandinavian influence, and are confined to dialects in which that influence is powerful. The present word, however, is not known in Scandinavian, and its dialectal range extends to south-western counties. Possibly it may be an euphonic variant originating in compounds where the second element began with a spirant. The form segge, common from the 13th to the 17th cent., is of doubtful phonetic interpretation; probably down to the 15th cent. it commonly stands for /sɛdʒ/, and in later instances most frequently for /sɛɡ/.

1. A name for various coarse grassy, rush-like or flag-like plants growing in wet places; also (in different localities) variously applied spec., e.g. to the cyperaceous genera Carex and Cladium, to the Sweet Flag ( Acorus) and the Wild Iris ( Iris Pseudacorus).In early instances it is often impossible to determine what particular plant is intended; the Latin words which are glossed by ‘sedge’ were probably seldom used with any very precise notion of their meaning.

a. As the name of a kind of plant; also collective singular, plants of this kind growing together in a mass.

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α.

c725 Corpus Gloss. 977 Gladiolum, saecg [Erfurt secg; Epinal segg].

c725 Corpus Gloss. 371 Carix, secg [Erfurt sech; Leiden seic].

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 135 Carex, uel sabium, uel lisca, secg.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 18 Þe niȝtingale..sat up one vaire boȝe,..in ore waste þicke hegge, imeind mid spire & grene segge.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. xxxv. (Tollemache MS.) Segge is an herbe most harde and scharpe: þe stalke þerof is þre cornered, and kutteþ and kerueth þe honde þat it holdeþ.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 451/2 Segge, star of the fenne, carix. Segge, of fenne, or wyld gladon..accorus.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 64/2 Cegge, or wylde gladone, accorus.

c1590 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta iv. 1814 The Meads, the Orchards, and the Primrose lanes, Instead of Sedge and Reed, beare Sugar Canes.

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xx. 14 Some againe..Of Cat-tayles made them Crownes, which from the Sedge doth grow, Which neatly wouen were.

1660 J. Tatham Royal Oake 6 Four Virgins cloathed in white loose garments, and their Brows circled with Sage, representing the Nymphs that frequent Rivers.

1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum iv. 38 Flags (or as some call them Sedge's).

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere v, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 27 The coming wind doth roar more loud; The sails do sigh, like sedge.

1881 A. O'Shaughnessy Songs of Worker 137 Close to the canes and swaying sedge Of every dim lake's hidden edge.

β. 1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Acorvm Nominant Northumbrienses a seg..a flag, & a yelowe flour delyce.1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. H v Carex is the latin name of an herbe whiche we cal in english segge or shergresse... This herbe that I do take to be carex, groweth in fennes and in water sides.a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) III. 57 Ther be Men alyve that saw almost al the Town of Pole kyverid with Segge and Risshis.1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 34 The bushes and segge in the riuer shall not shrowd them.1819 H. Busk Banquet i. 414 Lentini's bee would now disdain to crop The scatter'd seg upon Paderno's top.1899 E. W. Prevost Dickinson's Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (new ed.) at Mekkins Seag, Yellow iris or Corn Flag, Iris pseudacorus.

b. collective plural.

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α.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xli. 18 Seuene kiyn..gaderiden grene seggis in the pasture of the marreis.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 525 A stondyng..couered wel with shingil, tile or broom—Or segges ar as gode to my dome.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 33 Than the scheiphyrdis vyuis cuttit raschis and seggis.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. ii. 50 Adonis painted by a running brooke, And Citherea all in sedges hid.

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iv. i. 54 As I late was angling In the great Lake.., From the far shore, thicke set with reedes and Sedges,..I heard a voyce.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 42 No more thy glossy brook reflects the day, But, chok'd with sedges, works its weedy way.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert ix, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 210 The..statue of a river deity,..its front crowned with water-lilies and sedges, and its ample hand half-resting upon an empty urn.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. ii. 32 A man cutting sedges in a punt in the lode alongside..leapt on shore.

β. 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iii. iii. 15 And on the strond vpon the Riuer side..I woaue a Coffyn for his corse of Seggs, That with the winde dyd waue like bannerets.1600 Weakest goeth to Wall sig. C4^v How first I found thee, being but a child: Hid in the segges fast by a Riuer side.1631 D. Widdowes tr. W. A. Scribonius Nat. Philos. (new ed.) 49 Acorus is a plant growing with leaves like Iris, but smaller, or like segges.1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 805 You lay lurking behind the seggs.1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. App. 1078 [Iris pseudacorus] Segs, i.e. Sedge. Scotis australibus.1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 194 Bundles of Seggs tied together used to be employed by children learning to swim.1898 J. A. Gibbs Cotswold Village 359 Among the sword-flags and the green rushes and ‘segs’.

c. An individual plant or stalk of sedge. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sedges > individual plant of

sedgea1450

a1450 Ratis Raving 1984 To mak..of a seg a swerd of were.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 29 Giuing a gentle kisse to euery sedge He ouer-taketh in his pilgrimage.

1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 Usef. Proj. 128 Having frequently seen children at play with seggs in their mouths, by blowing them, in order to make a noise.

1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life ii. 22 A few sedges here and there..betoken that once there was a stream.

d. Botany. Formerly, a plant of the genus Carex; now usually in wider sense (after Lindley), a plant of the N.O. Cyperaceæ.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sedges

starc1300

carexa1398

float-grassc1440

red sedge1480

sag1531

pry grassa1600

flea-grass1670

star-grass1782

sedge1785

sea sedge1796

sharp-pry-grass1803

blue star grass1807

whip-grass1814

flea-sedge1816

saw-grass1822

mud rush1824

tight-locka1825

nut grass1830

razor grass1834

twig-rush1836

nut rush1843

sand grass1856

mud sedge1859

niggerhead1859

nutsedge1861

pingao1867

sword-rush1875

tupak-grass1884

tussock-sedge1884

sennegrass1897

nigger's-head1921

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxviii. 433 Carex or Sedge is a most numerous genus of the same Order, and the same natural tribe.

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 117 Order xxx. Cyperaceæ. Sedges.

1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §79 The sedges are essentially the clothing of..uncultivable soils, coarse in their structure, frequently triangular in stem..and with their heads of seed not extricated from their leaves.

e. With defining words. † red sedge n. Obsolete ? some cyperaceous plant. sea sedge n. the Sweet Flag, Acorus calamus (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1898); also Carex arenaria. sweet sedge n. (also yellow sedge) the Wild Iris, Iris pseudacorus. stinking sedge n. the Gladdon, Iris fœtidissima. Also in book-names of various cyperaceous plants: see quots. 1859¹, 1859², 1859³, 1859⁴, 1859⁵, 1859⁶. Also broom-sedge n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bent grass, rush, or sedge

sedgec1000

flaga1387

sniddlea1400

bentc1425

helm1640

marram1640

beach-grass1681

spreta1700

bent-grass1777

marsh grass1785

sea-grass1791

sedge-grass1847

sand grass1856

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sedges

starc1300

carexa1398

float-grassc1440

red sedge1480

sag1531

pry grassa1600

flea-grass1670

star-grass1782

sedge1785

sea sedge1796

sharp-pry-grass1803

blue star grass1807

whip-grass1814

flea-sedge1816

saw-grass1822

mud rush1824

tight-locka1825

nut grass1830

razor grass1834

twig-rush1836

nut rush1843

sand grass1856

mud sedge1859

niggerhead1859

nutsedge1861

pingao1867

sword-rush1875

tupak-grass1884

tussock-sedge1884

sennegrass1897

nigger's-head1921

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises

gladdona700

gladiolusc1000

flaga1387

fleur-de-lisc1390

regworta1400

yellow flag1526

lug1538

yellow lily1555

spurge-wort1562

swordling1562

garden flag1578

ireos1578

iris1578

stinking iris1578

water flag1578

yellow iris1578

fane1597

Florentine flower-de-luce1597

stinking gladdon1597

stinking sedge1597

velvet flower-de-luce1597

orris1609

sisyrinchium1629

luce1642

Florence iris1664

cuttle-haft1688

blue flag1732

snake's-head iris1739

flag-flower1753

roast-beef plant1800

shalder1825

flag-leaf1827

sweet sedge1839

poison flag1840

flagger1842

wedding-flower1869

mourning iris1874

flagon1878

Rocky Mountain iris1880

Florentine iris1882

Japanese iris1883

flag-lily1884

sword-flag1884

blue iris1886

thunderbolt1898

scorpion iris1900

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 102 Wiþ bancoþe þæt is oman nim nigontyne snæda eolonan & nygon ontran & endlefan reades secges.

1480 W. Worcester Itineraries 290 Shevys de reede segge.

1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 254 Freckles, seethe the roote of stinking segs in Cowes milke, and vse it.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 90 Sea Seg. In loose moveable sand on the sea shore.

1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 69 A bed of tall yellow sedges.

1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 27 Order. Cyperaceæ..White sedge.

1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 29 Great Panicled Sedge.

1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 30 Great Sedge..Greater Prickly Sedge..Grey Sedge..Sea Sedge.

1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 32 Hoary Sedge..Black Sedge..Common Sedge.

1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 38 Great Pendulous Sedge.

1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 42 Great Common Sedge..Lesser Common Sedge.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xix. 357 The men..brought in bundles of sweet sedge.

f. The characteristic greenish- (or reddish-)brown shade of sedge.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > greenish brown

olive brown1774

sedge1927

1927 Daily Express 12 Mar. 3/5 Sedge, a bright shade similar to the always popular almond, but with a tendency towards jade.

1938 J. W. Day Dog in Sport iv. 66 By 1885 the present type had largely evolved, the main differences being that the breed then possessed one colour only, a dark brown shading into a reddish sedge.

†2. A leaf shaped like that of a sedge. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > having particular shape or form

sedge1567

flag1578

plat1716

needle-leafa1849

needle foliage1882

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 73^v His vse is, to keepe a good while in his mouth the stalke or sedge of Barley.

†3. Heraldry. A ‘spear reed’ or flag borne as a charge. Also one of the leaves with which this was figured. Obsolete.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [noun] > other vegetation

pease ricea1325

garbc1460

gourd1513

sengreenc1550

orme1688

sag-spear1688

sedge1688

grain-tree1780

pea-rice1780

scrog1780

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 57/2 He beareth Argent, a Spear Reed, Vert... These are termed also Sedges, Flaggs or Water-flaggs... A[rgent] on a Mount in Base 3 Reed Spears (sans leaves or sedges).

4. Short for sedge-fly n. at Compounds 2. Chiefly silver sedge.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies

stone-flya1450

ant-fly1653

hawthorn-fly1653

mayfly1653

oak fly1653

wall-fly1653

pismire-fly1670

cow-lady1676

mayfly1676

owl fly1676

brown1681

cow-turd-fly1684

trout-fly1746

orl fly1747

hazel fly?1758

iron-blue fly?1758

red spinner?1758

Welshman's button?1758

buzz1760

Yellow Sally1766

ash-fly1787

black caterpillar1787

cow-dung fly1787

sharn-fly1787

spinner1787

woodcock-fly1787

huzzard1799

knop-fly1799

mackerel1799

watchet1799

iron blue1826

knob fly1829

mackerel fly1829

March brown1837

cinnamon fly1867

quill gnat1867

sedge-fly1867

cob-fly1870

woodcock wing1888

sedge1889

olive1895

quill1899

nymph1910

green weenie1977

Montana1987

1889 F. M. Halford Dry-fly Fishing 209 A small sedge dressed on a No. O hook, either the silver sedge or an orange sedge with hare's ear body.

1902 S. Buxton Fishing & Shooting 93 To these [flies] I would personally add..the wickham, the silver sedge [etc.].

1902 S. Buxton Fishing & Shooting 94 On some rivers, an alder, a sedge, or a caperer,..is not too large.

5. quasi-adj. (from attributive) Of sedge.Apparently an isolated use.

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1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 23 in Justa Edouardo King Next Chamus (reverend sire) went footing slow, His mantle hairie, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive.

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sedge-bed n.

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1871 C. Kingsley At Last viii We hurried on over the water~furrows, and through the sedge-beds to the further shore.

† sedge-bush n. Obsolete

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1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. H v Thou lurkedest behynde the segge bushes.

1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A Sedge-bush, or any place where sedge doth grow, een bies-bosch.

† sedge-collar n. Obsolete

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1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15 Sedge collers for plowhorse, for lightnes of neck.

sedge-family n.

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1847 W. Darlington Agric. Bot. p. xv/1 Cyperaceæ..Sedge family.

sedge-ground n.

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1667 in Rec. Town Plymouth (Mass.) (1889) I. 95 All that pte of the pond or sedge ground which lyeth between a place there called the Gurnett and the bounds of Samuell Ryders land.

1910 C. Harris Eve's Husband 30 The poor brown sedge-ground of an old field.

sedge-peat n.

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1943 G. Erdtman Introd. Pollen Anal. i. 6 The comparatively low pine pollen frequency of a sedge-peat was considered to be due to the fact that the pine sheds its pollen at a time when the sedges have attained full growth.

1952 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 61/2 We propose to..fork in ample horticultural sedge-peat in the spring.

1977 R. Davies Pract. Gardening Encycl. ii. 21/1 Sedge (or fen) peats are the remains of reeds and sedges and are dark coloured and well decayed.

† sedge-plot n. Obsolete

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1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 211 This of a Sedgeplot, & of a few fishermens cotages..grew to be a mercate town exceeding rich.

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sedge-like adj.

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1871 C. Kingsley At Last vii You push on into a bed of strong sedge-like Sclerias, with cutting edges to their leaves.

b. Instrumental.

sedge-choked adj.

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1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 92 The old worn-out brier- and sedge-choked fields spreading away.

sedge-crowned adj.

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1749 W. Collins Ode Death Thomson viii. 7 But thou, lorn Stream, whose sullen Tide No sedge-crown'd Sisters now attend.

1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art (1850) 42 Instead of the winged angel we have the sedge-crowned river God.

sedge-embattled adj.

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1934 E. Blunden Mind's Eye 138 We shall see..the gilt-leaved beechwood and the sedge-embattled lake.

sedge-grown adj.

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1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia II. ii. i. 110 The whilom chase of Marylebone, and the once sedge-grown waters of Pimlico.

C2. Special combinations.

sedge-bird n. = sedge-warbler n.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species schoenobaenus (sedge warbler)

reed-sparrow1676

chat1704

sedge-bird1738

willow-lark1769

sedge-warbler1776

reed-bird1782

sedge-wren1802

night singer1816

sedge reedling1837

mockingbird1883

fisherman's nightingale1884

sally picker1885

1738 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds III. 56 Sedge Bird.

1883 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Nov. 71/2 The sedge-bird commenced its continuous chattering.

† sedge-boat n. †(a) ? a flat-bottomed boat for use in shallow or weed-grown rivers (obsolete); (b) U.S. a boat for transporting sedge.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > types of

sedge-boat1336

shout1395

scout1419

pink1471

punt-boatc1500

palander1524

pram1531

punt1556

bark1598

sword-pink1614

pont1631

schuit1666

pontoon1681

bateau1711

battoe1711

flight1769

scow1780

keel-boat1786

ferry flat1805

ark1809

panga1811

mackinaw boat1812

mudboat1824

pinkie1840

mackinaw1842

sharpie1860

sculling float1874

pass-boat1875

sled1884

scow sloop1885

sharp1891

johnboat1894

ballahoo1902

pram1929

goelette1948

1336–7 in D. Macpherson et al. Rotuli Scotiae (1814) I. 480 Ad octo batellos vocatos keles & seggebotes in partibus de Lenn & Cantebrigg.

1839 Knickerbocker Mag. 13 503 The bridge..under which sedge-boats could pass with their sails set.

1843 Knickerbocker Mag. 22 33 Here two negro boatmen..had consented to..row us out in their new sedge-boat.

sedge-cock n. dialect = mistle thrush n.

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1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester 305 Sedcock,..the missel thrush... Sedgecock.

1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. i. 75 June's green hopper moves a thigh, ‘Sedge-cock’ wings it in July.

1965 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 9 Mistle thrush... Sedgecock, Setcock, Sedcock: Oldham; nr. Stockport.

sedge-fly n. a caddis, or may-fly; also, an imitation of this used in fly-fishing (cf. sense 4).

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies

stone-flya1450

ant-fly1653

hawthorn-fly1653

mayfly1653

oak fly1653

wall-fly1653

pismire-fly1670

cow-lady1676

mayfly1676

owl fly1676

brown1681

cow-turd-fly1684

trout-fly1746

orl fly1747

hazel fly?1758

iron-blue fly?1758

red spinner?1758

Welshman's button?1758

buzz1760

Yellow Sally1766

ash-fly1787

black caterpillar1787

cow-dung fly1787

sharn-fly1787

spinner1787

woodcock-fly1787

huzzard1799

knop-fly1799

mackerel1799

watchet1799

iron blue1826

knob fly1829

mackerel fly1829

March brown1837

cinnamon fly1867

quill gnat1867

sedge-fly1867

cob-fly1870

woodcock wing1888

sedge1889

olive1895

quill1899

nymph1910

green weenie1977

Montana1987

1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 189 The Sedge Fly..is a capital fly for all the southern and mid-county rivers throughout the summer.

sedge-grass n. = sense 1 (in U.S. variously used spec.).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bent grass, rush, or sedge

sedgec1000

flaga1387

sniddlea1400

bentc1425

helm1640

marram1640

beach-grass1681

spreta1700

bent-grass1777

marsh grass1785

sea-grass1791

sedge-grass1847

sand grass1856

1847 W. Darlington Agric. Bot. 200 Many-Flowered Carex..Carex vulpinoidea... Sedge. Sedge-grass.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. Prel. 17 The cattle waded along their edges after the rich sedge-grass.

sedge-ground n. U.S. ground covered with sedge.

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1740 in Mayflower Descendant 11 5 Richard Mayo & Rebecca Mayo his wife..sold to Richard Sparrow..that lot of Medow or sedge ground lying in Eastham.

† sedge-hill n. Obsolete ? an elevation, in the midst of marshy ground, covered with sedge.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > in marsh or swamp

sedge-hill1483

hummock1636

island1638

moss-hag1790

1483 Cath. Angl. 328/1 A Segg hylle, carectum.

sedge reedling n. = sedge-warbler n.

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reed-sparrow1676

chat1704

sedge-bird1738

willow-lark1769

sedge-warbler1776

reed-bird1782

sedge-wren1802

night singer1816

sedge reedling1837

mockingbird1883

fisherman's nightingale1884

sally picker1885

1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 390 Calamoherpe phragmitis. The Sedge Reedling.

† sedge reek n. Obsolete ? a stack of cut sedge.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > stack or rick

moweOE

rickeOE

pease-ricka1325

stackc1330

tassc1330

rucka1382

hayrick14..

haystack14..

sedge reekc1440

hay-mow1483

hay-goaf1570

rack1574

hovel1591

scroo1604

mow-stack1611

sow1659

corn-rick1669

bean-rick1677

barley-mow1714

pea rick1766

rickle1768

bike1771

stacklet1796

bean-stack1828

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 451/2 Segge reeke, caretum.

sedge-root n. (a) the tuber of various kinds of sedge ( Cyperus esculentus, C. bulbosus, etc.) used in some countries as an article of food; (b) = sedging n.

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skirret1338

pease earthnut1548

skirret-root1565

rampion1573

Tragopogon1578

oca1604

tuckahoe1612

groundnut1636

sedge-root1648

breadroot1756

tannia1756

rush nut1783

wapato1796

cous1806

vegetable oyster1806

prairie turnip1811

prairie potato1828

murnong1836

Tartarian bread1836

biscuitroot1837

yam-bean1864

tiger-nut1887

wasabi1903

ramp1946

sunchoke1955

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them

skirret-root1565

Spanish nut1597

oca1604

tuckahoe1612

sisyrinchium1629

sedge-root1648

arrowroot1681

breadroot1756

tannia1756

rush nut1783

wapato1796

cous1806

prairie turnip1811

prairie potato1828

native potato1833

murnong1836

Tartarian bread1836

biscuitroot1837

tobacco-root1845

amadumbi1851

chufa1860

yam-bean1864

parsnip chervil1866

tiger-nut1887

yautia1899

wasabi1903

the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > caused by insects > associated with crop or food plants

cockle1777

ear cockle1777

raddleman1798

purple1807

yellows1808

sedging1820

gout1828

sedge-root1837

leaf blister1858

tulip-root1875

root-knot1888

1648 B. Plantagenet Descr. New Albion 25 Sweet seg roots.

1837 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. xiii. 182 [The oat] is only partially subject to a disease called ‘sedge-root, or tulip-root’.

1850 F. Mason Nat. Productions Burmah 142 Sedge root.

† sedge-rug n. Obsolete ? a coarse material woven of sedge and resembling matting.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > other

bark-clothc1440

sedge-rug1592

grass cloth1638

medrinaque1704

Russia matting1773

gnatoo1817

tapa1823

vegetable flannel1840

rabanna1863

kapa1909

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C2 Dame Niggardize his wife, in a sedge rugge kirtle.

sedge-warbler n. a small bird, Acrocephalus schœnobænus, of the family Sylviidæ, common in marshy districts.

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reed-sparrow1676

chat1704

sedge-bird1738

willow-lark1769

sedge-warbler1776

reed-bird1782

sedge-wren1802

night singer1816

sedge reedling1837

mockingbird1883

fisherman's nightingale1884

sally picker1885

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. Index 784 Warblers, sedge.

1837 J. Gould Birds Europe III. Pl. 106 Great Sedge Warbler.

1837 J. Gould Birds Europe III. Pl. 112 Rufous Sedge Warbler.

sedge-willow n. ? the osier.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > osier or basket willow

osierc1175

withenc1230

osier tree1500

red withy?1523

spert1578

gelster1670

osier willow1693

red saugh1776

red sallow1798

red osier1807

sedge-willow1908

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > willow

willowa750

withy961

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withenc1230

withec1340

yolster1387

willow-treec1425

osier tree1500

wailea1510

wrig1564

spert1578

seal1579

siler1607

palm-withy1609

sallow withe1657

gelster1670

wilger1682

osier willow1693

werg1707

weeping willow1731

sollar1733

salix1775

red osier1807

mourning willow1813

palm willow1869

fen-oak1886

bat-willow1907

cricket bat willow1907

sedge-willow1908

1908 The Month Apr. 355 The purple red of the sedge-willow blossoms.

† sedge-worm n. Obsolete some kind of worm used for bait.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [noun] > member of (worm) > used as bait

flag-worm1653

marsh worm1653

jag-tail1736

slob1814

sedge-worm1839

blackhead1842

bluehead1842

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > worms and grubs

angletwitcheOE

wormc1320

codwormc1450

redwormc1450

gentle1577

touchangle1581

bob1589

Jack1601

dug1608

codbait1620

caddis-worm1627

caddis1653

cockspur1653

lob-worm1653

marsh worm1653

gilt tail1656

cadew1668

cad1674

ash-grub1676

clap-bait1681

whitebait1681

earth-bob1696

jag-tail1736

buzz1760

treachet1787

angleworm1788

cow-turd-bob1798

palmer bob1814

slob1814

angledog1832

caddis-bait1833

sedge-worm1839

snake feeder1861

hellgrammite1866

easworm1872

cow-dung bob1880

snake doctora1883

1839 T. C. Hofland Brit. Angler's Man. (1841) ii. 11 The segg~worm.

sedge-wren n. = sedge-warbler n.; also, a small bird native to Australasia.

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the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > unspecified

tidifec1385

tymor?a1400

holste14..

popard1411

popera1450

wercocka1475

tytyferc1565

caladrie1567

butwin1570

brandlet1576

pecteale1579

stockard1579

tanterueale1579

pyralis1580

twite1582

gnat-snapper1598

herodian1609

grindle1610

skirwingle1610

spawe1610

tydie1612

fillady1620

wake1623

gnat-gnapper1627

blackbird1678

ricebird1704

long tongue1731

angle-taster1744

stearing1769

weaver-oriole1782

weaver-bunting1783

sedge-wren1802

satin grackle1822

Audubon1837

nankeen bird1837

fife-bird1854

jug1881

upholsterer1890

reed-sparrow1676

chat1704

sedge-bird1738

willow-lark1769

sedge-warbler1776

reed-bird1782

sedge-wren1802

night singer1816

sedge reedling1837

mockingbird1883

fisherman's nightingale1884

sally picker1885

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Warbler Sedge, Sedge-wren.

1845 Voy. Port Philip 53 The cheerful sedge wren and the bald-head friar.

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单词	sedge
释义	sedgen.¹ Brit. /sɛdʒ/, U.S. /sɛdʒ/ Forms: Old English sæcg, secg ( sech, seic, secgg, segc, segg), Middle English segge (? gg = /dʒ/), Middle English sege, cegge, (1600s sage), Middle English– sedge; β. 1500s–1600s segge (? gg = g), 1800s dialect seag, Middle English–1600s, 1800s dialect seg(g. Etymology: Old English sęcg (masculine), once neuter (compare Low German segge (feminine), Br. Wbuch.) < Germanic type sagjo-z , < root sag- ( < Indogermanic sək- : sēk- in Latin secāre to cut): compare saw n.² For the etymological notion compare quot. 1398 at sense 1aα. below, and the Latin gladiolus, which the Old English word renders in glosses; also the rare Old English sęcg (feminine) ( < sagjā) a sword.From the same root is Old High German sahor, sahir, sahar* ‘scirpus, juncus, carex’ (Middle High German, modern German dialect saher sedge, reeds, young shoots of corn). According to some scholars the Old Celtic seskā sedge (Irish seisg, Welsh hêsg, Breton hesq) is for sekskā from the root sek-. The phonology of the β forms is somewhat obscure. In most of the words which have parallel forms with final /dʒ/ and /ɡ/, the latter may be accounted for by Scandinavian influence, and are confined to dialects in which that influence is powerful. The present word, however, is not known in Scandinavian, and its dialectal range extends to south-western counties. Possibly it may be an euphonic variant originating in compounds where the second element began with a spirant. The form segge, common from the 13th to the 17th cent., is of doubtful phonetic interpretation; probably down to the 15th cent. it commonly stands for /sɛdʒ/, and in later instances most frequently for /sɛɡ/. 1. A name for various coarse grassy, rush-like or flag-like plants growing in wet places; also (in different localities) variously applied spec., e.g. to the cyperaceous genera Carex* and Cladium, to the Sweet Flag ( Acorus) and the Wild Iris ( Iris Pseudacorus).In early instances it is often impossible to determine what particular plant is intended; the Latin words which are glossed by ‘sedge’ were probably seldom used with any very precise notion of their meaning. a. As the name of a kind of plant; also collective singular, plants of this kind growing together in a mass. ΚΠ α. c725 Corpus Gloss. 977 Gladiolum, saecg [Erfurt secg; Epinal segg]. c725 Corpus Gloss. 371 Carix, secg [Erfurt sech; Leiden seic]. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 135 Carex, uel sabium, uel lisca, secg. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 18 Þe niȝtingale..sat up one vaire boȝe,..in ore waste þicke hegge, imeind mid spire & grene segge. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. xxxv. (Tollemache MS.) Segge is an herbe most harde and scharpe: þe stalke þerof is þre cornered, and kutteþ and kerueth þe honde þat it holdeþ. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 451/2 Segge, star of the fenne, carix. Segge, of fenne, or wyld gladon..accorus. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 64/2 Cegge, or wylde gladone, accorus. c1590 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta iv. 1814 The Meads, the Orchards, and the Primrose lanes, Instead of Sedge and Reed, beare Sugar Canes. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xx. 14 Some againe..Of Cat-tayles made them Crownes, which from the Sedge doth grow, Which neatly wouen were. 1660 J. Tatham Royal Oake 6 Four Virgins cloathed in white loose garments, and their Brows circled with Sage, representing the Nymphs that frequent Rivers. 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum iv. 38 Flags (or as some call them Sedge's). 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere v, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 27 The coming wind doth roar more loud; The sails do sigh, like sedge. 1881 A. O'Shaughnessy Songs of Worker 137 Close to the canes and swaying sedge Of every dim lake's hidden edge. β. 1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Acorvm Nominant Northumbrienses a seg..a flag, & a yelowe flour delyce.1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. H v Carex is the latin name of an herbe whiche we cal in english segge or shergresse... This herbe that I do take to be carex, groweth in fennes and in water sides.a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) III. 57 Ther be Men alyve that saw almost al the Town of Pole kyverid with Segge and Risshis.1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 34 The bushes and segge in the riuer shall not shrowd them.1819 H. Busk Banquet i. 414 Lentini's bee would now disdain to crop The scatter'd seg upon Paderno's top.1899 E. W. Prevost Dickinson's Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (new ed.) at Mekkins Seag, Yellow iris or Corn Flag, Iris pseudacorus. b. collective plural. ΚΠ α. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xli. 18 Seuene kiyn..gaderiden grene seggis in the pasture of the marreis. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 525 A stondyng..couered wel with shingil, tile or broom—Or segges ar as gode to my dome. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 33 Than the scheiphyrdis vyuis cuttit raschis and seggis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. ii. 50 Adonis painted by a running brooke, And Citherea all in sedges hid. View more context for this quotation a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iv. i. 54 As I late was angling In the great Lake.., From the far shore, thicke set with reedes and Sedges,..I heard a voyce. View more context for this quotation 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 42 No more thy glossy brook reflects the day, But, chok'd with sedges, works its weedy way. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert ix, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 210 The..statue of a river deity,..its front crowned with water-lilies and sedges, and its ample hand half-resting upon an empty urn. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. ii. 32 A man cutting sedges in a punt in the lode alongside..leapt on shore. β. 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iii. iii. 15 And on the strond vpon the Riuer side..I woaue a Coffyn for his corse of Seggs, That with the winde dyd waue like bannerets.1600 Weakest goeth to Wall sig. C4^v How first I found thee, being but a child: Hid in the segges fast by a Riuer side.1631 D. Widdowes tr. W. A. Scribonius Nat. Philos. (new ed.) 49 Acorus is a plant growing with leaves like Iris, but smaller, or like segges.1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 805 You lay lurking behind the seggs.1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. App. 1078 [Iris pseudacorus] Segs, i.e. Sedge. Scotis australibus.1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 194 Bundles of Seggs tied together used to be employed by children learning to swim.1898 J. A. Gibbs Cotswold Village 359 Among the sword-flags and the green rushes and ‘segs’. c. An individual plant or stalk of sedge. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sedges > individual plant of sedgea1450 a1450 Ratis Raving 1984 To mak..of a seg a swerd of were. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 29 Giuing a gentle kisse to euery sedge He ouer-taketh in his pilgrimage. View more context for this quotation 1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 Usef. Proj. 128 Having frequently seen children at play with seggs in their mouths, by blowing them, in order to make a noise. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life ii. 22 A few sedges here and there..betoken that once there was a stream. d. Botany. Formerly, a plant of the genus Carex; now usually in wider sense (after Lindley), a plant of the N.O. Cyperaceæ. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sedges starc1300 carexa1398 float-grassc1440 red sedge1480 sag1531 pry grassa1600 flea-grass1670 star-grass1782 sedge1785 sea sedge1796 sharp-pry-grass1803 blue star grass1807 whip-grass1814 flea-sedge1816 saw-grass1822 mud rush1824 tight-locka1825 nut grass1830 razor grass1834 twig-rush1836 nut rush1843 sand grass1856 mud sedge1859 niggerhead1859 nutsedge1861 pingao1867 sword-rush1875 tupak-grass1884 tussock-sedge1884 sennegrass1897 nigger's-head1921 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxviii. 433 Carex or Sedge is a most numerous genus of the same Order, and the same natural tribe. 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 117 Order xxx. Cyperaceæ. Sedges. 1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §79 The sedges are essentially the clothing of..uncultivable soils, coarse in their structure, frequently triangular in stem..and with their heads of seed not extricated from their leaves. e. With defining words. † red sedge n. Obsolete ? some cyperaceous plant. sea sedge n. the Sweet Flag, Acorus calamus (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1898); also Carex arenaria. sweet sedge n. (also yellow sedge) the Wild Iris, Iris pseudacorus. stinking sedge n. the Gladdon, Iris fœtidissima. Also in book-names of various cyperaceous plants: see quots. 1859¹, 1859², 1859³, 1859⁴, 1859⁵, 1859⁶. Also broom-sedge n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bent grass, rush, or sedge sedgec1000 flaga1387 sniddlea1400 bentc1425 helm1640 marram1640 beach-grass1681 spreta1700 bent-grass1777 marsh grass1785 sea-grass1791 sedge-grass1847 sand grass1856 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sedges starc1300 carexa1398 float-grassc1440 red sedge1480 sag1531 pry grassa1600 flea-grass1670 star-grass1782 sedge1785 sea sedge1796 sharp-pry-grass1803 blue star grass1807 whip-grass1814 flea-sedge1816 saw-grass1822 mud rush1824 tight-locka1825 nut grass1830 razor grass1834 twig-rush1836 nut rush1843 sand grass1856 mud sedge1859 niggerhead1859 nutsedge1861 pingao1867 sword-rush1875 tupak-grass1884 tussock-sedge1884 sennegrass1897 nigger's-head1921 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises gladdona700 gladiolusc1000 flaga1387 fleur-de-lisc1390 regworta1400 yellow flag1526 lug1538 yellow lily1555 spurge-wort1562 swordling1562 garden flag1578 ireos1578 iris1578 stinking iris1578 water flag1578 yellow iris1578 fane1597 Florentine flower-de-luce1597 stinking gladdon1597 stinking sedge1597 velvet flower-de-luce1597 orris1609 sisyrinchium1629 luce1642 Florence iris1664 cuttle-haft1688 blue flag1732 snake's-head iris1739 flag-flower1753 roast-beef plant1800 shalder1825 flag-leaf1827 sweet sedge1839 poison flag1840 flagger1842 wedding-flower1869 mourning iris1874 flagon1878 Rocky Mountain iris1880 Florentine iris1882 Japanese iris1883 flag-lily1884 sword-flag1884 blue iris1886 thunderbolt1898 scorpion iris1900 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 102 Wiþ bancoþe þæt is oman nim nigontyne snæda eolonan & nygon ontran & endlefan reades secges. 1480 W. Worcester Itineraries 290 Shevys de reede segge. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 254 Freckles, seethe the roote of stinking segs in Cowes milke, and vse it. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 90 Sea Seg. In loose moveable sand on the sea shore. 1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 69 A bed of tall yellow sedges. 1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 27 Order. Cyperaceæ..White sedge. 1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 29 Great Panicled Sedge. 1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 30 Great Sedge..Greater Prickly Sedge..Grey Sedge..Sea Sedge. 1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 32 Hoary Sedge..Black Sedge..Common Sedge. 1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 38 Great Pendulous Sedge. 1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 42 Great Common Sedge..Lesser Common Sedge. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xix. 357 The men..brought in bundles of sweet sedge. f. The characteristic greenish- (or reddish-)brown shade of sedge. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [noun] > greenish brown olive brown1774 sedge1927 1927 Daily Express 12 Mar. 3/5 Sedge, a bright shade similar to the always popular almond, but with a tendency towards jade. 1938 J. W. Day Dog in Sport iv. 66 By 1885 the present type had largely evolved, the main differences being that the breed then possessed one colour only, a dark brown shading into a reddish sedge. †2. A leaf shaped like that of a sedge. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > having particular shape or form sedge1567 flag1578 plat1716 needle-leafa1849 needle foliage1882 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 73^v His vse is, to keepe a good while in his mouth the stalke or sedge of Barley. †3. Heraldry. A ‘spear reed’ or flag borne as a charge. Also one of the leaves with which this was figured. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [noun] > other vegetation pease ricea1325 garbc1460 gourd1513 sengreenc1550 orme1688 sag-spear1688 sedge1688 grain-tree1780 pea-rice1780 scrog1780 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 57/2 He beareth Argent, a Spear Reed, Vert... These are termed also Sedges, Flaggs or Water-flaggs... A[rgent] on a Mount in Base 3 Reed Spears (sans leaves or sedges). 4. Short for sedge-fly n. at Compounds 2. Chiefly silver sedge. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies stone-flya1450 ant-fly1653 hawthorn-fly1653 mayfly1653 oak fly1653 wall-fly1653 pismire-fly1670 cow-lady1676 mayfly1676 owl fly1676 brown1681 cow-turd-fly1684 trout-fly1746 orl fly1747 hazel fly?1758 iron-blue fly?1758 red spinner?1758 Welshman's button?1758 buzz1760 Yellow Sally1766 ash-fly1787 black caterpillar1787 cow-dung fly1787 sharn-fly1787 spinner1787 woodcock-fly1787 huzzard1799 knop-fly1799 mackerel1799 watchet1799 iron blue1826 knob fly1829 mackerel fly1829 March brown1837 cinnamon fly1867 quill gnat1867 sedge-fly1867 cob-fly1870 woodcock wing1888 sedge1889 olive1895 quill1899 nymph1910 green weenie1977 Montana1987 1889 F. M. Halford Dry-fly Fishing 209 A small sedge dressed on a No. O hook, either the silver sedge or an orange sedge with hare's ear body. 1902 S. Buxton Fishing & Shooting 93 To these [flies] I would personally add..the wickham, the silver sedge [etc.]. 1902 S. Buxton Fishing & Shooting 94 On some rivers, an alder, a sedge, or a caperer,..is not too large. 5. quasi-adj. (from attributive) Of sedge.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 23 in Justa Edouardo King Next Chamus (reverend sire) went footing slow, His mantle hairie, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. (a) sedge-bed n. ΚΠ 1871 C. Kingsley At Last viii We hurried on over the water~furrows, and through the sedge-beds to the further shore. † sedge-bush n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. H v Thou lurkedest behynde the segge bushes. 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A Sedge-bush, or any place where sedge doth grow, een bies-bosch. † sedge-collar n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 15 Sedge collers for plowhorse, for lightnes of neck. sedge-family n. ΚΠ 1847 W. Darlington Agric. Bot. p. xv/1 Cyperaceæ..Sedge family. sedge-ground n. ΚΠ 1667 in Rec. Town Plymouth (Mass.) (1889) I. 95 All that pte of the pond or sedge ground which lyeth between a place there called the Gurnett and the bounds of Samuell Ryders land. 1910 C. Harris Eve's Husband 30 The poor brown sedge-ground of an old field. sedge-peat n. ΚΠ 1943 G. Erdtman Introd. Pollen Anal. i. 6 The comparatively low pine pollen frequency of a sedge-peat was considered to be due to the fact that the pine sheds its pollen at a time when the sedges have attained full growth. 1952 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 61/2 We propose to..fork in ample horticultural sedge-peat in the spring. 1977 R. Davies Pract. Gardening Encycl. ii. 21/1 Sedge (or fen) peats are the remains of reeds and sedges and are dark coloured and well decayed. † sedge-plot n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 211 This of a Sedgeplot, & of a few fishermens cotages..grew to be a mercate town exceeding rich. (b) sedge-like adj. ΚΠ 1871 C. Kingsley At Last vii You push on into a bed of strong sedge-like Sclerias, with cutting edges to their leaves. b. Instrumental. sedge-choked adj. ΚΠ 1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 92 The old worn-out brier- and sedge-choked fields spreading away. sedge-crowned adj. ΚΠ 1749 W. Collins Ode Death Thomson viii. 7 But thou, lorn Stream, whose sullen Tide No sedge-crown'd Sisters now attend. 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art (1850) 42 Instead of the winged angel we have the sedge-crowned river God. sedge-embattled adj. ΚΠ 1934 E. Blunden Mind's Eye 138 We shall see..the gilt-leaved beechwood and the sedge-embattled lake. sedge-grown adj. ΚΠ 1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia II. ii. i. 110 The whilom chase of Marylebone, and the once sedge-grown waters of Pimlico. C2. Special combinations. sedge-bird n. = sedge-warbler n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species schoenobaenus (sedge warbler) reed-sparrow1676 chat1704 sedge-bird1738 willow-lark1769 sedge-warbler1776 reed-bird1782 sedge-wren1802 night singer1816 sedge reedling1837 mockingbird1883 fisherman's nightingale1884 sally picker1885 1738 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds III. 56 Sedge Bird. 1883 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Nov. 71/2 The sedge-bird commenced its continuous chattering. † sedge-boat n. †(a) ? a flat-bottomed boat for use in shallow or weed-grown rivers (obsolete); (b) U.S. a boat for transporting sedge. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > types of sedge-boat1336 shout1395 scout1419 pink1471 punt-boatc1500 palander1524 pram1531 punt1556 bark1598 sword-pink1614 pont1631 schuit1666 pontoon1681 bateau1711 battoe1711 flight1769 scow1780 keel-boat1786 ferry flat1805 ark1809 panga1811 mackinaw boat1812 mudboat1824 pinkie1840 mackinaw1842 sharpie1860 sculling float1874 pass-boat1875 sled1884 scow sloop1885 sharp1891 johnboat1894 ballahoo1902 pram1929 goelette1948 1336–7 in D. Macpherson et al. Rotuli Scotiae (1814) I. 480 Ad octo batellos vocatos keles & seggebotes in partibus de Lenn & Cantebrigg. 1839 Knickerbocker Mag. 13 503 The bridge..under which sedge-boats could pass with their sails set. 1843 Knickerbocker Mag. 22 33 Here two negro boatmen..had consented to..row us out in their new sedge-boat. sedge-cock n. dialect = mistle thrush n. ΚΠ 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester 305 Sedcock,..the missel thrush... Sedgecock. 1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. i. 75 June's green hopper moves a thigh, ‘Sedge-cock’ wings it in July. 1965 Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 9 Mistle thrush... Sedgecock, Setcock, Sedcock: Oldham; nr. Stockport. sedge-fly n. a caddis, or may-fly; also, an imitation of this used in fly-fishing (cf. sense 4). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > real or imitation flies stone-flya1450 ant-fly1653 hawthorn-fly1653 mayfly1653 oak fly1653 wall-fly1653 pismire-fly1670 cow-lady1676 mayfly1676 owl fly1676 brown1681 cow-turd-fly1684 trout-fly1746 orl fly1747 hazel fly?1758 iron-blue fly?1758 red spinner?1758 Welshman's button?1758 buzz1760 Yellow Sally1766 ash-fly1787 black caterpillar1787 cow-dung fly1787 sharn-fly1787 spinner1787 woodcock-fly1787 huzzard1799 knop-fly1799 mackerel1799 watchet1799 iron blue1826 knob fly1829 mackerel fly1829 March brown1837 cinnamon fly1867 quill gnat1867 sedge-fly1867 cob-fly1870 woodcock wing1888 sedge1889 olive1895 quill1899 nymph1910 green weenie1977 Montana1987 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 189 The Sedge Fly..is a capital fly for all the southern and mid-county rivers throughout the summer. sedge-grass n. = sense 1 (in U.S. variously used spec.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bent grass, rush, or sedge sedgec1000 flaga1387 sniddlea1400 bentc1425 helm1640 marram1640 beach-grass1681 spreta1700 bent-grass1777 marsh grass1785 sea-grass1791 sedge-grass1847 sand grass1856 1847 W. Darlington Agric. Bot. 200 Many-Flowered Carex..Carex vulpinoidea... Sedge. Sedge-grass. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. Prel. 17 The cattle waded along their edges after the rich sedge-grass. sedge-ground n. U.S. ground covered with sedge. ΚΠ 1740 in Mayflower Descendant 11 5 Richard Mayo & Rebecca Mayo his wife..sold to Richard Sparrow..that lot of Medow or sedge ground lying in Eastham. † sedge-hill n. Obsolete ? an elevation, in the midst of marshy ground, covered with sedge. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > in marsh or swamp sedge-hill1483 hummock1636 island1638 moss-hag1790 1483 Cath. Angl. 328/1 A Segg hylle, carectum. sedge reedling n. = sedge-warbler n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species schoenobaenus (sedge warbler) reed-sparrow1676 chat1704 sedge-bird1738 willow-lark1769 sedge-warbler1776 reed-bird1782 sedge-wren1802 night singer1816 sedge reedling1837 mockingbird1883 fisherman's nightingale1884 sally picker1885 1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds II. 390 Calamoherpe phragmitis. The Sedge Reedling. † sedge reek n. Obsolete ? a stack of cut sedge. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > stack or rick moweOE rickeOE pease-ricka1325 stackc1330 tassc1330 rucka1382 hayrick14.. haystack14.. sedge reekc1440 hay-mow1483 hay-goaf1570 rack1574 hovel1591 scroo1604 mow-stack1611 sow1659 corn-rick1669 bean-rick1677 barley-mow1714 pea rick1766 rickle1768 bike1771 stacklet1796 bean-stack1828 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 451/2 Segge reeke, caretum. sedge-root n. (a) the tuber of various kinds of sedge ( Cyperus esculentus, C. bulbosus, etc.) used in some countries as an article of food; (b) = sedging n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > other root vegetables skirret1338 pease earthnut1548 skirret-root1565 rampion1573 Tragopogon1578 oca1604 tuckahoe1612 groundnut1636 sedge-root1648 breadroot1756 tannia1756 rush nut1783 wapato1796 cous1806 vegetable oyster1806 prairie turnip1811 prairie potato1828 murnong1836 Tartarian bread1836 biscuitroot1837 yam-bean1864 tiger-nut1887 wasabi1903 ramp1946 sunchoke1955 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them skirret-root1565 Spanish nut1597 oca1604 tuckahoe1612 sisyrinchium1629 sedge-root1648 arrowroot1681 breadroot1756 tannia1756 rush nut1783 wapato1796 cous1806 prairie turnip1811 prairie potato1828 native potato1833 murnong1836 Tartarian bread1836 biscuitroot1837 tobacco-root1845 amadumbi1851 chufa1860 yam-bean1864 parsnip chervil1866 tiger-nut1887 yautia1899 wasabi1903 the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > caused by insects > associated with crop or food plants cockle1777 ear cockle1777 raddleman1798 purple1807 yellows1808 sedging1820 gout1828 sedge-root1837 leaf blister1858 tulip-root1875 root-knot1888 1648 B. Plantagenet Descr. New Albion 25 Sweet seg roots. 1837 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. xiii. 182 [The oat] is only partially subject to a disease called ‘sedge-root, or tulip-root’. 1850 F. Mason Nat. Productions Burmah 142 Sedge root. † sedge-rug n. Obsolete ? a coarse material woven of sedge and resembling matting. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > other bark-clothc1440 sedge-rug1592 grass cloth1638 medrinaque1704 Russia matting1773 gnatoo1817 tapa1823 vegetable flannel1840 rabanna1863 kapa1909 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C2 Dame Niggardize his wife, in a sedge rugge kirtle. sedge-warbler n. a small bird, Acrocephalus schœnobænus, of the family Sylviidæ, common in marshy districts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species schoenobaenus (sedge warbler) reed-sparrow1676 chat1704 sedge-bird1738 willow-lark1769 sedge-warbler1776 reed-bird1782 sedge-wren1802 night singer1816 sedge reedling1837 mockingbird1883 fisherman's nightingale1884 sally picker1885 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. Index 784 Warblers, sedge. 1837 J. Gould Birds Europe III. Pl. 106 Great Sedge Warbler. 1837 J. Gould Birds Europe III. Pl. 112 Rufous Sedge Warbler. sedge-willow n. ? the osier. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > osier or basket willow osierc1175 withenc1230 osier tree1500 red withy?1523 spert1578 gelster1670 osier willow1693 red saugh1776 red sallow1798 red osier1807 sedge-willow1908 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > willow willowa750 withy961 osierc1175 withenc1230 withec1340 yolster1387 willow-treec1425 osier tree1500 wailea1510 wrig1564 spert1578 seal1579 siler1607 palm-withy1609 sallow withe1657 gelster1670 wilger1682 osier willow1693 werg1707 weeping willow1731 sollar1733 salix1775 red osier1807 mourning willow1813 palm willow1869 fen-oak1886 bat-willow1907 cricket bat willow1907 sedge-willow1908 1908 The Month Apr. 355 The purple red of the sedge-willow blossoms. † sedge-worm n. Obsolete some kind of worm used for bait. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [noun] > member of (worm) > used as bait flag-worm1653 marsh worm1653 jag-tail1736 slob1814 sedge-worm1839 blackhead1842 bluehead1842 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > worms and grubs angletwitcheOE wormc1320 codwormc1450 redwormc1450 gentle1577 touchangle1581 bob1589 Jack1601 dug1608 codbait1620 caddis-worm1627 caddis1653 cockspur1653 lob-worm1653 marsh worm1653 gilt tail1656 cadew1668 cad1674 ash-grub1676 clap-bait1681 whitebait1681 earth-bob1696 jag-tail1736 buzz1760 treachet1787 angleworm1788 cow-turd-bob1798 palmer bob1814 slob1814 angledog1832 caddis-bait1833 sedge-worm1839 snake feeder1861 hellgrammite1866 easworm1872 cow-dung bob1880 snake doctora1883 1839 T. C. Hofland Brit. Angler's Man. (1841) ii. 11 The segg~worm. sedge-wren n. = sedge-warbler n.; also, a small bird native to Australasia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > unspecified tidifec1385 tymor?a1400 holste14.. popard1411 popera1450 wercocka1475 tytyferc1565 caladrie1567 butwin1570 brandlet1576 pecteale1579 stockard1579 tanterueale1579 pyralis1580 twite1582 gnat-snapper1598 herodian1609 grindle1610 skirwingle1610 spawe1610 tydie1612 fillady1620 wake1623 gnat-gnapper1627 blackbird1678 ricebird1704 long tongue1731 angle-taster1744 stearing1769 weaver-oriole1782 weaver-bunting1783 sedge-wren1802 satin grackle1822 Audubon1837 nankeen bird1837 fife-bird1854 jug1881 upholsterer1890 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species schoenobaenus (sedge warbler) reed-sparrow1676 chat1704 sedge-bird1738 willow-lark1769 sedge-warbler1776 reed-bird1782 sedge-wren1802 night singer1816 sedge reedling1837 mockingbird1883 fisherman's nightingale1884 sally picker1885 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Warbler Sedge, Sedge-wren. 1845 Voy. Port Philip 53 The cheerful sedge wren and the bald-head friar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † sedgen.² Etymology: < Italian seggia seat, in both senses. Obsolete. rare. 1. A hall of assembly. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] > meeting-hall or house common hall?1473 assembly house1502 sedge1615 ambalama1807 meeting house1836 conference centre1958 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 258 Most of these [nobles] do live most part of the yeare in the Citie; where they haue five Sedges for the fiue assemblies of Capua, Nido, Montana, Spente and Lespente. 2. A sedan chair. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > carrying-chair > sedan chair bearing-chair1352 seat1588 sedge1615 chair1634 man-litter1640 sedan1640 chair-volant1667 street-chaira1712 sedan chair1750 stick chair1800 tonjonc1804 jampan1828 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 259 The Sedges not unlike to horse-litters but carried by men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). sedgev. Brit. /sɛdʒ/, U.S. /sɛdʒ/ Etymology: < sedge n.¹ dialect. intransitive. To be affected with sedging n. ΚΠ 1820 Farmer's Mag. XXI. 32 An experienced old farmer..replied.., ‘although I know little about oats seging, I remember well [etc.].’ 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Our oats are segging. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c725n.²1615v.1820
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