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foggage

American

[fog-ij, faw-gij] / ˈfɒg ɪdʒ, ˈfɔ gɪdʒ /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

fog.

foggage British

/ ˈfɒɡɪdʒ /

noun

grass grown for winter grazing

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Etymology

Origin of foggage

From the Anglo-Latin word fogāgium, dating back to 1490–1500. See fog ², -age

Example Sentences

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And naething now to big a new ane O' foggage green!

From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by Bogardus, C. A.

Its silly wa's the win's are strewin'! frail An' naething, now, to big a new ane, O' foggage green!

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan

Its silly wa's the win's are strewin: And naething, now, to big a new ane, O' foggage green!

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various

And naething now to big a new ane O' foggage green, And bleak December's winds ensuin', Baith snell and keen!

From Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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