Definition of Fernshaw

1. a thicket of ferns [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fernshaw

fernandinite
fernane
fernbird
fernbirds
ferned
ferneries
fernery
fernier
ferniest
ferning
fernings
ferninst
fernless
fernlike
ferns
fernshaw (current term)
fernshaws
fernticle
fernticles
ferny
ferocious
ferociously
ferociousness
ferociousnesses
ferocities
ferocity
feroher
ferohers
feromone
feromones

Literary usage of Fernshaw

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1889)
"MELBOURNE is " marvellous " as the fifty years' work of man; fernshaw is even more ... Long may the quietudes of fernshaw renew the flagging energies of ..."

2. Half a Century of Australasian Progress: A Personal Retrospect by William Westgarth (1889)
"... AND fernshaw. WE had postponed our country excursions as much into the spring weather as our time of stay would permit, and our first trip was to ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1899)
"... scenery and the incidents o life in the bush, ss will be seen by the following list of titles:— (1) Wombat gully, fernshaw; (2) cutting up a giant tree, ..."

4. The Last Voyage by Barker (Mary Anne), Thomas Brassey Brassey (1889)
"The memory of fernshaw will always linger pleasantly, and I rejoice that I have ... From fernshaw up the Black Spur must be a perfectly ideal drive on a hot ..."

5. Stories of Thrift for Young Americans by Myron Thomas Pritchard, Grace Alice Turkington (1915)
""I am sorry to say," said the president, "that the position will have to go to Mr. Emery instead of to Mr. fernshaw, although Mr. ..."

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