mowburnt
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
Obsolete
Example Sentences
- "This is necessary for the developement of the saccharine principle; but occasionally it proceeds too far and the hay becomes mowburnt, in which state it is injurious, or even poisonous."