单词 | weedage |
释义 | weedagen. Weeds (weed n.1 1a(a)) collectively. (literal and figurative).In quot. 1853 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > [noun] > weed > collectively weedOE weeding1598 savagerya1616 weedery1642 roguery1763 weedage1853 weed growth1923 weed1934 1853 T. T. Lynch Ess. Some Forms Lit. 29 If tare and wheat are too inextricably tangled for us to purify the wide field of Poetry now; at least, let us learn to distinguish tare from wheat... Poetry has then its weedage plenteous and pestilent. 1866 R. Redgrave & S. Redgrave Cent. Painters II. 112 The weedage, leafage, and flowers have been painted white, or approaching to it. 1868 T. T. Lynch Rivulet (ed. 3) cix. 130 When [wilt Thou] with last desolations Earth's weedage consume. 1951 Independent (Long Beach, Calif.) 24 May 2 a/1 Considerable weedage of the type found on the car grows in the area of Irvine Park. 2011 S. Warren Quarter-acre Farm xi. 152 By the time August came, a verdant porridge of weedage abounded, and I was beside myself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1853 |
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