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ferny, a.|ˈfɜːnɪ|
[f. fern n.1 + -y1.]
1. Abounding in fern, overgrown with fern.
1523Fitzherb. Husb. §50 That sycknes is moste commonly on..ferny grounde. 1667Phil. Trans. II. 525 The Surface thereof.. is Heathy, Ferny and Furzy. a1722Lisle Husb. (1752) 4 A red, sandy, ferny ground. 1808Scott Marm. iv. xv, The wild buck bells from ferny brake. 1860Donaldson Bush Lays 87 The flat ferny wastes all lie sleeping.
2. Of or pertaining to fern, consisting of fern.
1710Phillips Pastorals vi. 29 When Locusts in the Fearny Bushes cry. a1717Parnell Flies 72 Your ferny shade forsakes the vale. 1804J. Grahame Sabbath (1808) 67 Woodless its banks but green with ferny leaves. 1884Bazaar 10 Dec. 621/5 A..gorsy, ferny growth.
3. Of a fern-like nature, resembling fern.
1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. i. 76 Ferny foliage. 1870J. Rhoades Poems 131 Every pane is hoar with ferny rime. |