a. rare. [f. VETCH + -Y.] Composed of, abounding in, vetches.
1579. Spenser, Sheph. Cal., Sept., 256. If to my cotage thou wilt resort,… There mayst thou ligge in a vetchy bed.
1806. J. Grahame, Birds of Scot., 26. The blooming, vetchy ridge.
a. rare. [f. VETCH + -Y.] Composed of, abounding in, vetches.
1579. Spenser, Sheph. Cal., Sept., 256. If to my cotage thou wilt resort,… There mayst thou ligge in a vetchy bed.
1806. J. Grahame, Birds of Scot., 26. The blooming, vetchy ridge.
