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

Not far a lake extends, a space once fill'd “With human 'habitants, whose waves now swarm “With fenny coots, and cormorants alone.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

Specimens of these old bone skates are occasionally dug up in fenny parts of Great Britain.

From Harper's Young People, January 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

It is a Custom with the Northern Lovers to divert themselves with a Song, whilst they Journey through the fenny Moors to pay a visit to their Mistresses.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph