arrish
/ˈarɪʃ/English regional (southern ) in later use
noun
A stubble-field; stubble; = eddish. Formerly also (occasionally): an aftergrowth of grass, clover, etc., after mowing.
- In Old English perhaps alternatively: a piece of land that is intermittently ploughed; see discussion in etymology.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 17th cent., except in place names and in Middle English recensions of Old English material.Also with modifying word, especially specifying the crop which has been mowed..
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in Royal Charter: King Caedwalla to Bishop Wilfrid. Probably from the Germanic base of ear + the Germanic base of -ish, although no cognates are known.
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