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frithy en · ADJ

Etymology

From frith (“forest, wood”) + -y.

Meanings

1. Woody; relating to brushwood, undergrowth, or a partial clearing in a forest
   • to complete their ingratitude and injustice, they transported a cargo of notorious traitors to the Divine Majesty among you, impiously calling the frithy lumber, Ministers of God's Word. 1807, “Omniana: The birth-day of the World”, in The Athenaeum, volume 2, page 589:
   • In north India, small round, oblong or long, temperate varieties of radish may also be grown, but these should be harvested within 25-30 days, otherwise they become frithy very soon. 1982, Farmers' Journal - Volume 2, page 52:
   • The “frithy” or lush epicormic growth is very obvious in the left hand side of the crown in this photograph, as are the stubs with flat cuts that were left, in the right of the photograph. 2021, Vikki Bengtsson, C. Philip Wheater, Helen Read & Reg Harris, “Responses of oak pollards to pruning”, in Arboricultural Journal, volume 43, number 3:
   • Wild echoes scream, impetuous torrents roar, And mists and glooms obscure the frithy shore. 1804, J Story, The Power of Solitude, a Poem, in Two Parts, page 92:
   • Thus stode I in the frytthy forest of Galtres, […] 1523, John Skelton, A ryght delectable tratyse upon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 312, line 22:
   • "Well," he met the Choco's glare, "we can't very well have him looking like some frithy trail wanderer out for a lowsun stroll, that looks bad on us.” 2017, Joshua K. Sapp, The Shaky Season:

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