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adjective

Reedy adj.

Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds. "A reedy pool."

Having the quality of a reed in tone, that is, harsh and thin, as some voices.

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Etymology of 'Reedy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Reedy" Quotes from Famous Books

... beady; As mist minute, thy notes ring low and reedy: The vaguest vapor Of melody, now near; now, like some taper Of sound, far-fading— Thou will-o'-wisp of music aye evading. Among the bowers, The fog-washed stalks of Autumn's weeds and flowers, By hill and hollow, I hear thy ...

— Poems • Madison Cawein

... the reedy glade, Hid from some tyrant's cruel schemes, It was a princess, or her maid, Who bore him to the realm of dreams, And ...

— The Mistress of the Manse • J. G. Holland

... With fluttering wing and dewy breast, Soars upward like a spirit strong, From reedy nest, The gentle lark, To tune on high ...

— Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century • Edmund O. Jones

... grove had planted itself, proclaiming the spring which the party were seeking. And thither the guide conducted them, careless of whistling partridges and lesser birds of brighter hues roused whirring from the reedy coverts. ...

— Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ • Lew Wallace

... should not be used in the construction of boilers, as in the manufacture it becomes reedy, and is apt to split up in the direction of its length: it is much the safer practice to bend the plates at the corners of the boiler; but this must be carefully done, without introducing any more sharp bends than can be avoided, and plates which require to be bent much should be ...

— A Catechism of the Steam Engine • John Bourne

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