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Webster 1913 Edition
Fen
Fen
(fĕn)
, Noun.
[AS.
fen
, fenn
, marsh, mud, dirt; akin to D. veen
, OFries. fenne
, fene
, OHG. fenna
, G. fenn
, Icel. fen
, Goth. fani
mud.] Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.
’Mid reedy
fens
wide spread. Wordsworth.
☞ Fen is used adjectively with the sense of belonging to, or of the nature of, a fen or fens.
Fen boat
, a boat of light draught used in marshes.
– Fen duck
(Zool.)
, a wild duck inhabiting fens; the shoveler.
[Prov. Eng.]
– Fen fowl
(Zool.)
, any water fowl that frequent fens.
– Fen goose
(Zool.)
, the graylag goose of Europe.
[Prov. Eng.]
– Fen land
, swamp land.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fen
FEN
,Noun.
Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; a moor or marsh.
A long canal the muddy fen divides.