ivy

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• Ivy

  ·noun A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smoo...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Ivy-mantled

  ·adj Covered with ivy. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Ivy Hall

  See Yvihalle. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Ivy Lane

  North out of Paternoster Row, at Nos. 22-23, to Newgate Street. In Farringdon Ward Within. First me...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• ivy bush

  Like an owl in an ivy bush; a simile for a meagre or weasel-faced man, with a large wig, or very bus...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ivy, native

  an Australian plant, Muehlenbeckiaadpressa, Meissn., N.O. Polygonaceae; called also Macquarie Harbou...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• ivy, wild

  n. an Australian creeper, Platylobium triangulare, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• ivy-tree

  n. New Zealand tree, genus Panax, N.O. Araliacae; Maori name, Horoeka. It is also called Lancewood ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• native ivy

  n. See ivy, and grape, macquarie harbour. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Little Ivy Lane

  West out of Ivy Lane to Newgate Market, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). See Duke...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Three Ton Alley, Ivy Lane

  See Ship Alley and Three Tuns Alley, Court, Newgate Street. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• owl in an ivy bush

  He looks like an owl in an ivy bush; frequently said of a person with a large frizzled wig, or a wom...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose