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herd's-grass
[ hurdz-gras, -grahs ]
noun
- timothy or redtop, used for hay or pasture.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of herd's-grass1
1730–40, Americanism; named after John Herd, who in 1700 found it growing in New Hampshire
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Example Sentences
It was white with daisies, yellow with buttercups, with some moderate share of timothy and herds grass intermixed.
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The wet field becomes dry, the wild grass gives place to clover and herds-grass, and the experiment is pronounced successful.
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Many were covered with a heavy growth of timothy or herds grass, and red top in blossom.
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Cows must not have dusty hay, it hurts their lungs, &c. Cows ought not to have Timothy herds grass hay, it is physic.
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