fenny

Example Sentences

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“The fenny has dried up,” Mr. Kenwood said.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2018

Dr. Hawkins hesitates whether to attribute this to the large proportion of dry and elevated district which that county possesses, or to the exemption of fenny countries generally from consumption.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829 by Various

The country round about was very fenny, and encumbered with great and high trees.

From A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 by A Gentleman of Elvas [pseud.]

Geese love water and marshy places, and Lincolnshire, which is a fenny place, is famous for breeding them.

From Mamma's Stories about Birds by Leathley, Mary Elizabeth Southwell Dudley

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 Blacklock, Ambrose