foggage

2 definitions found

foggage - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fog \Fog\ (f[o^]g), n. [Cf. Scot. fog, fouge, moss, foggage rank
     grass, LL. fogagium, W. ffwg dry grass.] (Agric.)
     (a) A second growth of grass; aftergrass.
     (b) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the
         winter; -- called also foggage. [Prov.Eng.]
         --Halliwell.
  
     Note: Sometimes called, in New England, old tore. In
           Scotland, fog is a general name for moss.
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  Foggage \Fog"gage\ (?; 48), n. (Agric.)
     See 1st Fog.
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