Meanings
plural eddishes · alternative edish · alternative edige · alternative eatage · alternative earsh · alternative edding
- countableuncountableAn aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been mowed; also, a field of such growth.
The hay was gathered from the fields, and the cattle turned onto the eddish.
1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 1”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLCSynonyms: aftergrass, aftermath, fog
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been mowed; also, a field of such growth.
Origin
- Old Englishedisc“an eddish or aftermath; pasture; enclosed pasture, park”
- Middle Englisheddish
- Englisheddish
Uncertain; but probably from Middle English eddish (found often in compounds: e.g. eddish-hen (“eddish-hen, quail”)), ultimately from Old English edisc (“an eddish or aftermath; pasture; enclosed pasture, park”), equivalent to ed- + -ish.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отава
- отава (otava)aftergrowth of grass after mowing
Finnish jälkikasvu
- jälkikasvuaftergrowth of grass after mowing
Polish potraw, otawa
- potrawaftergrowth of grass after mowing
- otawaaftergrowth of grass after mowing
Russian стерня́, жнивьё
- стерня́ (sternjá)aftergrowth of grass after mowing
- жнивьё (žnivʹjó)aftergrowth of grass after mowing
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Cite this entry
eddish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eddish
“eddish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eddish. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eddish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eddish.
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