sedgedadj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [adjective]
sedgeda1616
wickered1725
grass linen1821
grass cloth1823
pandanus1898
randed1907
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 129 You Nimphs cald Nayades of ye windring brooks, With your sedg'd crownes.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [adjective] > sedged
sedged1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 57/2 A[rgent] 2 Spear Reeds; single sedged and couped in Salter proper...O[r] on a hill in Base V[ert] 3 Spear Reeds, double sedged or leafed.
3. Agriculture. Of oats: Affected with sedging n.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [adjective] > of or having disease caused by insect
cankeredc1522
cankerous1613
cankery1681
scabbed1693
grubbed1843
sedged1844
phylloxerated1879
phylloxerized1881
root-knot1888
stem-sick1890
scaly1894
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 950 I have cured a piece of land of its constant tendency to grow sedged oats, simply by draining.
4. Bordered with sedge.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [adjective] > bordered with sedge
sedged1866
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective] > having or full of
reedy1307
flaggy1382
reedena1387
sedgy1566
rushy1567
saggy1609
secky1610
cany1667
seavy1684
bentya1700
juncous1755
rushed1759
rush-grown1765
spritty1786
spratty1808
reeded1821
sedged1866
1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis xi, in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 451 And what sedged brooks are Thames's tributaries.
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