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Definition of Arrish
1. n. The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish.
Definition of Arrish
1. Noun. (alternative form of earsh) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arrish
1. a stubble field [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrish
Literary usage of Arrish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"Putting all these facts together, I am inclined to think that "arrish" must first
... But it must be observed, there is a difference between "arrish" and ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"... sufficient bulk to cause heating, while at the same time the air may circulate
and improve the condition of the grain. Called also wind-mow. arrish-RAKE ..."
3. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1879)
"arrish mows. ' They have a practice in Cornwall of putting up their wheat, barley,
and all other kinds of grain, in the field, into what is called ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"... arrish mows, which he mentions as little stacks set up in a field, seem to be
so called merely from their being in the arrish, or stubble-field. ..."
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