fenny

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2018

This fenny district gradually had been reclaimed, and to-day the deep loam and peat-soils, not unlike the rich farms of Holland, are celebrated for their high condition of agriculture.

From The Harris-Ingram Experiment by Bolton, Charles E. (Charles Edward)

They thought it therefore necessary to secure themselves from his attempts, and therefore, with one consent, banished him into the fenny parts of Egypt.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles

Paths there were many, Winding through palmy fern and rushes fenny And ivy banks; all leading pleasantly To a wide lawn...

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord

East Friesland, as its name shews, is Frisian also; although, with a few exceptional localities in the very fenny districts, the language has been replaced by the German.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)