sedgyadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɛdʒi/, U.S.

/ˈsɛdʒi/

Forms: Also α. Middle English, 1500s seggy, 1500s siedgie; β. 1800s (dialect) seggy.

Etymology: < sedge n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

a. Covered or bordered with sedge or sedges.

ΘΚΠ

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

c1318 in J. G. Wallace-James Deeds E. Lothian (1899) 10 Duas acras ad Seggy-wellis heved.]

1566 Act 8 Eliz. c. 8 §1 The Maryshes and Seggie Fenne Groundes w^thin the sayd Isle [of Ely].

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 97 On the gentle Seuerns siedgie banke.

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 ccxxxii. 59 Deep in his Ooze he sought his sedgy bed.

1764 Oxf. Sausage 100 Charwell, thy sedgy Banks, and glist'ring Streams All laugh and sing at mild Approach of Morn.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 39 The bittern..Booming from the sedgy shallow.

1881 Harper's Mag. Sept. 521 The sedgy end Of yonder well-known bight.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1659 C. Noble Moderate Answer To Rdr. 1 Can these rushy and sedgy expressions that are set down in this Paper grow any where, but from marish, myrie grounds and principles?

1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter 103 Those terrible folios of the scholastic divines,..their majestic stream of central print overflowing into rivulets of marginal notes sedgy with citations.

2. Having the nature or properties of sedge.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective]

reedy1577

sedgy1625

arundinaceous1657

arundineous1657

benty1807

cyperaceous1852

juncaceous1855

juncagineous1855

typhaceous1909

1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 747 On the bankes of this riuer [sc. Nilus] also, grew those sedgie weedes called Papyri.

a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 124 It was covered, he said, with long sedgy grass growing about it, under the dripp of an higher rock.

1808–13 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1831) III. 185 Its flesh, though esteemed by many, tastes some~what sedgy, or fishy.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 284 The herbaceous sedgy habit of the latter [the Bulrush tribe].

1878 J. Buller Forty Years N.Z. i. Introd. 17 A small spider, which is confined to a sedgy grass on the sea-coast.

†3. Made of or thatched with sedge. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [adjective]

wandedc1593

brick-built1596

rock-built1596

mud-walled1607

sedgy1624

sodden1639

nogged1688

frame1760

logged1784

stucco1786

weatherboarded1794

piled1795

thick-walled1820

clapboarded1835

board-built1837

pebble-dashed1839

puncheoned1843

timber-framed1843

betimbered1847

pile-built1851

massy1855

bamboo-walled1858

portable1860

half-timber1874

stone-faced1874

Red River frame1879

ashlared1881

granolithic1881

brick-end1883

converted1888

steel frame1898

board-and-bat1902

traviated1902

steel-framed1906

prefabricated1921

prefab1937

multiwall1940

pre-engineered1955

curtain-walled1959

pre-fabbed1959

timber-frame1967

system-built1968

flat-pack1982

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [adjective] > made of reed(s)

reedena1382

reeded1570

sedgy1624

flaggy1626

reedish1629

1624 Trag. Nero iv. sig. F3 [Thou] dost rather choose, The smoaky reedes, and sedgy cottages, Then the proud roofes..of Kings.

a1835 F. D. Hemans Angler in Poet. Remains (1836) 226 'Tis not the bittern, by the wave Seeking her sedgy nest.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sedgy
释义	sedgyadj. Brit. /ˈsɛdʒi/, U.S. /ˈsɛdʒi/ Forms: Also α. Middle English, 1500s seggy, 1500s siedgie; β. 1800s (dialect) seggy. Etymology: < sedge n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Covered or bordered with sedge or sedges. ΘΚΠ 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 c1318 in J. G. Wallace-James Deeds E. Lothian (1899) 10 Duas acras ad Seggy-wellis heved.] 1566 Act 8 Eliz. c. 8 §1 The Maryshes and Seggie Fenne Groundes w^thin the sayd Isle [of Ely]. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 97 On the gentle Seuerns siedgie banke. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 ccxxxii. 59 Deep in his Ooze he sought his sedgy bed. 1764 Oxf. Sausage 100 Charwell, thy sedgy Banks, and glist'ring Streams All laugh and sing at mild Approach of Morn. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 39 The bittern..Booming from the sedgy shallow. 1881 Harper's Mag. Sept. 521 The sedgy end Of yonder well-known bight. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1659 C. Noble Moderate Answer To Rdr. 1 Can these rushy and sedgy expressions that are set down in this Paper grow any where, but from marish, myrie grounds and principles? 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter 103 Those terrible folios of the scholastic divines,..their majestic stream of central print overflowing into rivulets of marginal notes sedgy with citations. 2. Having the nature or properties of sedge. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [adjective] reedy1577 sedgy1625 arundinaceous1657 arundineous1657 benty1807 cyperaceous1852 juncaceous1855 juncagineous1855 typhaceous1909 1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 747 On the bankes of this riuer [sc. Nilus] also, grew those sedgie weedes called Papyri. a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 124 It was covered, he said, with long sedgy grass growing about it, under the dripp of an higher rock. 1808–13 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. (1831) III. 185 Its flesh, though esteemed by many, tastes some~what sedgy, or fishy. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 284 The herbaceous sedgy habit of the latter [the Bulrush tribe]. 1878 J. Buller Forty Years N.Z. i. Introd. 17 A small spider, which is confined to a sedgy grass on the sea-coast. †3. Made of or thatched with sedge. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [adjective] wandedc1593 brick-built1596 rock-built1596 mud-walled1607 sedgy1624 sodden1639 nogged1688 frame1760 logged1784 stucco1786 weatherboarded1794 piled1795 thick-walled1820 clapboarded1835 board-built1837 pebble-dashed1839 puncheoned1843 timber-framed1843 betimbered1847 pile-built1851 massy1855 bamboo-walled1858 portable1860 half-timber1874 stone-faced1874 Red River frame1879 ashlared1881 granolithic1881 brick-end1883 converted1888 steel frame1898 board-and-bat1902 traviated1902 steel-framed1906 prefabricated1921 prefab1937 multiwall1940 pre-engineered1955 curtain-walled1959 pre-fabbed1959 timber-frame1967 system-built1968 flat-pack1982 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [adjective] > made of reed(s) reedena1382 reeded1570 sedgy1624 flaggy1626 reedish1629 1624 Trag. Nero iv. sig. F3 [Thou] dost rather choose, The smoaky reedes, and sedgy cottages, Then the proud roofes..of Kings. a1835 F. D. Hemans Angler in Poet. Remains (1836) 226 'Tis not the bittern, by the wave Seeking her sedgy nest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1566
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