GRASS
ADJECTIVES
• HERBULENT †* full of herbs or grass …1656
• YARE of grass or pastures: fresh, green …1691 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
• BONNET-STRINGS long coarse grass …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOSS a bunch or tuft of grass …Bk1911 Sc.
• CARPET the grass, the ground …1897 Amer. sl.
• EDDISH grass (also clover, etc.) which grows again …1468
• ERNIE MARSH the grass …20C rhyming sl.
• FAG long, coarse grass; tufts of old grass …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIRY RING a circular patch of grass on a prairie …1950 Amer. dial.
• GAIR a strip or patch of green grass, generally on a hillside …1790 Sc.
• GRASS PILE † a blade of grass …a1522 Sc.
• HARBOUR † a grass-plot; a green …1505
• LAGGER clinging dampness on grass in the morning …1925 Sc.
• LUSHY of plants, etc. esp. of grass: lush, luxuriant in growth …1821
• OLD IRON grass …1992 UK rhyming sl. (old iron and brass)
• OLD IRON AND BRASS grass …1992 UK rhyming sl.
• SCAD a tuft of grass; a slab of peat …1889 Eng. dial.
• VELLY a tuft of grass; a turf …1889 Eng. dial.
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