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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Weedy

Weed′y (·y̆), a. [Compar. Weedier; superl. Weediest.]

1. Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds. "Weedy trophies." Shak.

2. Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn.

See from the weedy earth a rivulet break. Bryant.

3. Scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; — said of colts or horses, and also of persons. [Colloq.]

Weed′y, a. Dressed in weeds, or mourning garments. [R. or Colloq.]

She was as weedy as in the early days of her mourning. Dickens.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.