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[fen] 
–noun
| 1. | low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh. |
| 2. | the Fens, a marshy region W and S of The Wash, in E England. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE; c. ON fen quagmire, Goth fani mud, D ven, G Fenn fen, bog
bef. 900; ME, OE; c. ON fen quagmire, Goth fani mud, D ven, G Fenn fen, bog
fen
2 [fen] –noun, plural fen.
| an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the People's Republic of China, the hundredth part of a yuan or the tenth part of a jiao. |
Origin:
1905–10; < Chin fēn
1905–10; < Chin fēn
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| fen (fěn) n. Low, flat, swampy land; a bog or marsh. [Middle English, from Old English fenn.] |
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Fen
Fen\, n. [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. Note: 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 (Zo["o]l.), a wild duck inhabiting fens; the shoveler. [Prov. Eng.] Fen fowl (Zo["o]l.), any water fowl that frequent fens. Fen goose (Zo["o]l.), the graylag goose of Europe. [Prov. Eng.] Fen land, swamp land.
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fen
O.E. fen, fenn "marsh, dirt, mud," from P.Gmc. *fanja- (cf. O.Fris. fenne, Du. veen, Ger. Fenn "marsh," Goth. fani "mud"); probably cognate with Gaul. anam "water," Skt. pankah "bog, marsh, mud," O.Prus. pannean "swampland." It., Sp. fango, O.Fr. fanc, Fr. fange "mud" are loan-words from Gmc. The native L. word was limus or lutum.
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fen
type of bog (q.v.), especially a low-lying area, wholly or partly covered with water and dominated by grasslike plants, grasses, sedges, and reeds. In strict usage, a fen denotes an area in which the soil is organic (peaty) and alkaline rather than acid.
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