fenny

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“The fenny has dried up,” Mr. Kenwood said.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2018

Fillet of fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bakae: Eye of newt, and toe of frog;— For a charm, &c.

From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur

This brightness of his mind communicated itself to all the objects round him, to the sluggish waters of the Ouse, to dull, fenny Huntingdon, and to its commonplace inhabitants.

From Cowper by Smith, Goldwin

Beside these, there is nothing approximating the natural meadows of New England, the fenny, oozy flats of nearly all inhabited countries.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

He asked questions about our farming, the trees and herbs in the fenny soil, the birds and beasts of our woods and marshes.

From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur