| 单词 | scutch-grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscutch-grass 1. = quitch n.1 Chiefly in combination scutch-grass in the same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > grasses perceived as weeds > [noun] > couch-grass quitcheOE quicka1400 quicken?c1425 couch-grass1578 twitch1588 twitch grass1588 dog grass1597 sea dog's grass1597 quick grass1617 couch1637 wheat-grass1668 scutch1686 quickenings1762 quicken grass1771 spear-grass1784 squitch1785 witchgrass1790 felt1794 dog-wheat1796 creeping wheat1819 quack1822 switch-grass1840 couch-wheat1884 1686 Philos. Trans. 1685 (Royal Soc.) 15 957 It has turned the Bog into a green sod, with a very fine scutch grass on it. 1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 lxx. 307 It is only fit for wet, or bog lands, growing from every joint, like the scutch, or couch grass. 1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times II. 105 What he could not lay down properly, he suffered nature to lay down for him with scutch grass, thistles and docks. a1889 ‘C. Bede’ in Webster's Dict. (1897) The smoke of the burning scutch. < as lemmas |
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