The aftermath or stubble left in a field after harvesting grain; the same as 'eddish' or 'aftermath.'
From Old English earish or related Germanic roots referring to the regrowth of grass after hay is cut. The word has mostly fallen out of use in favor of 'aftermath.'
Arish is an agricultural word that shows how specialized vocabularies develop—farmers needed a precise term for that prickly stubble field in late summer, and different regions used different words for the same thing.
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