fen

intj

Etymology: Compare fend.

1. Used in children's games to prevent or forestall another player's action; a check or bar.

name

1. Initialism of Forsyth–Edwards Notation

noun

Etymology: From Middle English *vene, Kentish variant of *fine, from Old English fyne (“moisture, mold, mildew”), from Proto-Germanic *funiz, *fun- (“moisture, mold”); compare vinew.

1. A kind of mildew that grows on hops.

   “[…]whereby the ſtagnating ſap corrupts, and breeds mouldy fen, which often ſpoils whole tracts of, till then, flouriſhing hop-grounds.”

   “Among these are reckoned the wire worm; the flea, and the fly; the fen or mould; the mildew ; and what are usually called fire blasts.”