Noah Webster
Fen
FEN, noun [Latin fons, Eng. fountain.]
Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; a moor or marsh.
A long canal the muddy fen divides.
FEN'-BERRY, noun A kind of blackberry.
FEN'-BORN, adjective Born or produced in a fen
FEN'-CRESS, noun Cress growing in fens.
FEN'-CRICKET, noun an insect that digs for itself a little hole in the ground.
FEN'-DUCK, noun a species of wild duck.
FEN'-FOWL, noun any fowl that frequents fens.
FEN'-LAND, noun Marshy land.