Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Rank grass which remains on land in winter; also, grass which grows among grain, and is fed on by horses or cattle after the crop is removed; aftergrass.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Agric.) See 1st fog.

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  • noun UK, dialect Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter.

Etymologies

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See fog (etymology 2).

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  • Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin!

    Its silly wa's the win's are strewin';

    An' naething, now, to big a new ane,

    O' foggage green!

    An' bleak December's winds ensuin',

    Baith snell an' keen!

    - R. Burns, 'To a Mouse '.

    August 11, 2008

  • Lovely citation, bilby!

    November 21, 2008

  • Country folk see nothing amiss
    If weary gleaners share a kiss,
    Thinking harmless snoggage
    In the fields of foggage
    A touching sign of harvest bliss.

    February 28, 2014