Essex Stile.
A ditch. As Essex is very marshy, it abounds in ditches, and has very few stiles.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
A ditch. As Essex is very marshy, it abounds in ditches, and has very few stiles.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.