hen harrier noun

A bird of prey, the common harrier

henˈ-hearted adjective

1. Faint-hearted
2. Timid

hen house noun

A house for fowls

henˈ-hussy noun

A man who meddles with women's affairs

hen night same as hen party below.

hen-paddle, hen-padle or hen-paidle see under paddle³

hen party or hen night noun

A party for women only, esp one held for a woman about to be married

henˈpeck transitive verb

(of a wife) to domineer over (her husband)

noun

1. A henpecked husband
2. Henpecking

henˈpecked adjective

henpeckˈery noun

henˈ-pen noun (Scot)

Manure from a hen house

hen roost noun

A roosting-place for fowls

hen run noun

An enclosure for fowls

henˈ-toedˈ adjective

With toes turned in

henˈ-wife noun

A woman in charge of poultry

henˈ-witted adjective

Brainless, silly

hen on a hot girdle (chiefly Scot)

Someone who is in a jumpy or nervous state

marsh /märsh/

noun

1. A tract of wet land
2. A morass, swamp, or fen

adjective

Inhabiting or found in marshes

marshˈiness noun

marshˈy adjective (marshˈier; marshˈiest)

1. Of the nature of a marsh
2. Covered with marshes

marsh fern noun

A tall pale-green fern (Thelypteris palustris) growing in marshy woodlands and fens of Eurasia and N America

marsh-feˈver noun

Malaria

marshˈ-gas noun

Methane

marsh-harrˈier noun

A European harrier hawk frequenting marshes

marsh hawk noun

A common N American hawk with a white patch on its rump (also hen harrier)

marshˈland noun

Marshy country

marshˈlander noun

A person who inhabits marshland

marshˈlocks noun

A marsh-growing species of cinquefoil (Potentilla or Comarum; also marsh-cinqˈuefoil)

marsh-mallˈow noun

A maritime marsh-growing plant (Althaea officinalis) very similar to the hollyhock

marshˈmallow noun

1. A spongy, jellylike sweet, orig made from marsh-mallow root, now from sugar, egg white, gelatin, etc
2. An excessively soft, sweet or sentimental person or thing

marshˈ-man noun

An inhabitant of a marsh

marsh marigold noun

The kingcup (Caltha palustris), a marsh plant of the buttercup family with flowers like big buttercups

marshˈ-robin noun

The chewink (qv)

marsh-samˈphire noun

A plant of the genus Salicornia, glasswort

marsh tit noun

The grey tit (Poecile palustris)

marsh warbler noun

A small brown-and-white Eurasian warbler with a pale stripe over the eyes

marshˈwort noun

A small umbelliferous marsh plant related to celery