Fen
[fen] or [fɛn]
Definition
(n.) Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Marsh, swamp, bog, moor, morass, quagmire, slough.
Typed by Carlyle
Definition
n. a kind of low marshy land often or partially covered with water: a morass or bog.—ns. Fen′-berr′y the cranberry; Fen′-fire the Will-o'-the-wisp.—adjs. Fen′ny Fen′nish; Fen′-sucked (Shak.) drawn out of bogs.
v.t. an exclamatory phrase in boys' games meaning 'Check!' 'Bar!'
Editor: Tod