quick grass

Noun

Synonyms: dog grass couch grass quackgrass quack grass quick grass witch grass witchgrass Agropyron repens

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Noun (1)

European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weedSynonyms: dog grass couch grass quackgrass quack grass quick grass witch grass witchgrass Agropyron repens

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent, pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass, pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as Switch grass (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. Andropogon provincialis. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint, hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing. Rocky Mts., etc. (a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides. (b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing. Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess, or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass, (a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale. (b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel (a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum. (b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species. English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow grass. (a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina. (b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass, cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. Bouteloua oligostachya, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay. South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop. Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. Sorghum Halepense. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. Poa pratensis. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus, several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay. Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture, hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species. Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass (above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass, ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of Reed canary grass. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as Gama grass (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. Deyeuxia Canadensis. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. Holcus lanatus. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. Chrysopogon nutans. [1913 Webster]

Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. [1913 Webster]

Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.

Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the Arrhenatherum avenaceum of Europe.

Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia growing in wet ground. The European species is Parnassia palustris; in the United States there are several species.

Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.

Grass bird, the dunlin.

Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant.

Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family (B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes.

Grass finch. (Zool.) (a) A common American sparrow (Po["o]c[ae]tes gramineus); -- called also vesper sparrow and bay-winged bunting. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of which several species are known.

Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk.

Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.

Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus Crambus, found in grass.

Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of citronella, ginger grass oil, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.

Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).

Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet.

Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.

Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort (Lythrum Hyssopifolia). --Johnson.

Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.

Grass snake. (Zool.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake (Tropidonotus natrix). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See Green snake, under Green.

Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also jacksnipe in America.

Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew.

Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.

Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.

Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with narrow grasslike leaves.

Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.]

Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.

To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground.

To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze a season, as cattle. [1913 Webster]

Quitch grass \Quitch" grass`\ (kw[i^]ch" gr[.a]s`). [Properly quick grass, being probably so called from its vigorous growth, or from its tenacity of life. See Quick, and cf. Couch grass.] (Bot.) A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quack grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster]

Quick \Quick\, a. [Compar. Quicker; superl. Quickest.] [As. cwic, cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik, OHG. quec, chec, G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living, Goth. qius, Lith. q[=y]vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living, vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j[imac]va living, j[imac]v to live. Cf. Biography, Vivid, Quitch grass, Whitlow.]

1.Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. [1913 Webster]

Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom.— 2 Tim. iv. 1.[1913 Webster]

Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire.— Herbert.[1913 Webster]

Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in some compounds, or in particular phrases. [1913 Webster]

2.Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. " A quick wit." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. [1913 Webster]

Oft he to her his charge of quick return Repeated.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

4.Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. [1913 Webster]

The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and signified that he was much offended.— Latimer.[1913 Webster]

5.Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. [1913 Webster]

The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens the stomach.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

6.Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. "To have an open ear, a quick eye." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

They say that women are so quick.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

7.Pregnant; with child. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Quick grass. (Bot.) See Quitch grass.

Quick match. See under Match.

Quick vein (Mining), a vein of ore which is productive, not barren.

Quick vinegar, vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous material.

Quick water, quicksilver water.

Quick with child, pregnant with a living child. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly. [1913 Webster]