fenny
Example Sentences
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“The fenny has dried up,” Mr. Kenwood said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2018
I observed but few of them, and these seemed not concerned; which is the more remarkable, as in the fenny counties of England it is said to be most troublesome.
From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Ambrose Blacklock
Finsbury Fields: the fenny or marshy ground lying north of the Moorgate of the old City walls.
From The History of London by Sir Walter Besant
He asked questions about our farming, the trees and herbs in the fenny soil, the birds and beasts of our woods and marshes.
From The MS. in a Red Box by John Arthur Hamilton
Finsbury was so called from the fenny district in which it lay.
From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Daniel Hack Tuke
