fenny
Example Sentences
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“The fenny has dried up,” Mr. Kenwood said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2018
Specimens of these old bone skates are occasionally dug up in fenny parts of Great Britain.
From Harper's Young People, January 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Rowan-trees in holy places, Willows in the fenny regions,30 Juniper in stony districts, Oaks upon the banks of rivers.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby
It hovers in the air over marshy and fenny places.
From The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir by William Collins
For instance, wooded spots must be visited if you are to take certain of the Fritillaries, oak woods for the Purple Emperor and the Purple Hairstreak, fenny districts for the beautiful Swallow-tail, and so forth.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux