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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fen \Fen\ (f[e^]n), noun [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.
'Mid reedy fens wide spread. --Wordsworth.
Note: Fen is used adjectively with the sense of belonging to, or of the nature of, a fen or fens.
{Fen boat}, a boat of light draught used in marshes.
{Fen duck} (Zo["o]l.), a wild duck inhabiting fens; the shoveler. [Prov. Eng.]
{Fen fowl} (Zo["o]l.), any water fowl that frequent fens.
{Fen goose} (Zo["o]l.), the graylag goose of Europe. [Prov. Eng.]
{Fen land}, swamp land.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fen
noun
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 Free-net Erlangen/Nuernberg
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