edgrow

== English == === Alternative forms === edgrew === Etymology === From Middle English edgrow, edgrowe, from Old English *edgrōwe (“regrowth”), from edgrōwan (“to grow back”), suggested by derivative edgrōwung (“a regrowing, a growing again”), equivalent to ed- +‎ grow. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛdɡɹəʊ/ === Noun === edgrow (uncountable) (obsolete) Aftergrass; eddish. 1699 July 29, a letter published in 1894 in the reports of Great Britain's Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts: 1699, July 29 — This week has produced much rain here; if the same be at Brampton, will not you please to order the grounds to be watered, which may produce good "edgrow." 1988, The Great Awakening in Wales, page 99: Similarly, Thomas Bowen of Tyddyn, Llanidloes, complained to Harris about the 'careless sayings' of a brother called Jones who at a society meeting in Montgomeryshire uttered words like the following: You shall be turn'd into the Clover, and afterwards into the Edgrow which was brought [= ? bought] with the blood of the Lamb: the Sun circulateth in the Blood of the Lamb. ==== Synonyms ==== edgrowth === Anagrams === degrow, growed