Fen

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fen \Fen\ (f[e^]n), 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.


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           'Mid reedy fens wide spread.             --Wordsworth.
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     Note: Fen is used adjectively with the sense of belonging to,
           or of the nature of, a fen or fens.
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     {Fen boat}, a boat of light draught used in marshes.
  
     {Fen duck} (Zool.), a wild duck inhabiting fens; the
        shoveler. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     {Fen fowl} (Zool.), any water fowl that frequent fens.
  
     {Fen goose} (Zool.), the graylag goose of Europe. [Prov.
        Eng.]
  
     {Fen land}, swamp land.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fen
       n 1: 100 fen equal 1 yuan
       2: low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a
          transition zone between land and water; "thousands of
          acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" [syn: {marsh},
           {marshland}, {fenland}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  FEN
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