fenny

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2018

Her dream is like the fenny snake's, That warms him in the noonday's fire.

From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee

For instance, wooded spots must be visited if you are to take certain of the Fritillaries, oak woods for the Purple Emperor and the Purple Hairstreak, fenny districts for the beautiful Swallow-tail, and so forth.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.

Dr. Hawkins hesitates whether to attribute this to the large proportion of dry and elevated district which that county possesses, or to the exemption of fenny countries generally from consumption.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829 by Various

Rowan-trees in holy places, Willows in the fenny regions,30 Juniper in stony districts, Oaks upon the banks of rivers.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)