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grassy, a.|ˈgrɑːsɪ, -æ-|
[f. grass n.1 + -y1. Cf. MDu. grasich, Du. grazig, G. grasig.]
1. Covered with grass, abounding in grass.
1513Douglas æneis xi. xi. 76 The speir onon..Furth of the gresy sward he hes vptane. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. June 6 The grassye ground with daintye Daysies dight. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, iii. iii. 50 Goe signifie as much, while here we march Vpon the Grassie Carpet of this Plaine. 1667Milton P.L. v. 391 Rais'd of grassie terf Thir Table was. 1725Pope Odyss. iii. 535 To lead A well-fed bullock from the grassy mead. 1820Scott Ivanhoe i, The sun was setting upon one of the rich grassy glades of the forest. 1870Morris Earthly Par. II. iii. 11 A narrow vale, that lay, Grassy and soft betwixt the pine-woods bound.
2. Of or pertaining to grass; consisting of or containing grass.
1697Dryden Virg. Past. v. 39 The thirsty Cattel, of themselves, abstain'd From Water, and their grassy Fare disdain'd. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Graminea, The grassy crown, corona graminea, was but rarely conferred; and for some signal exploit. 1752F. Fawkes Descrip. May 96 As fast as cattle the long summer's day Had cropt the grassy sustenance away. 1818Keats Endym. iii. 1027 How happy once again in grassy nest! 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 84 Big drops bow the grassy stems. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 185 This is a good course if the wheat stubble can be depended on to produce grass enough to furnish a sufficient dressing of ashes..but if there is reason to expect the wheat stubble will not be sufficiently grassy [etc.].
3. Resembling grass in colour, form, habit, or smell.
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 22 b, The Topaze, as Plinie sayth, is a Gem of grassie colour. 1596Gosson Quippes Upst. Gentlewomen 99 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 254 The swarthie-blacke, the grassie-greene. 1668Wilkins Real Char. 98 Hatchet vetch..being long and slender, of grassy leaves. 1725Pope Odyss. xv. 510 Aboard they heave us, mount their decks and sweep With level oar along the grassy deep. 1807J. E. Smith Phys. Bot. 474 The great genus of Carex..and some other grassy plants, are found here. 1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. liv, The wearied eye Reposes gladly on as smooth a vale As ever Spring yclad in grassy dye. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps iii. §17. 83 The sharp, grassy, intricate leafage [of the black spruce fir]. 1931H. Crane Let. 11 Sept. (1965) 379 A marvelous stillness and grassy perfume pervade the district. 1957G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. xvii. 901 Blue-green algae are described as having a grassy odor.
4. Comb.
1770Goldsm. Des. Vill. 360 The cooling brook, the grassy-vested green. 1804T. Bewick Brit. Birds (1847) II. 240 On whose grassy-margined pools they feed. |