mock-olive

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• olive, mock

  i.q. axe-breaker (q.v.). ...

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

• Mock

  ·noun Imitation; mimicry. II. Mock ·adj Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assume...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Olive

  ·noun The oyster catcher. II. Olive ·noun An olivary body. ·see under <<Olivary>>. III. Olive ·nou...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Olive

  The fruit of the olive-tree. This tree yielded oil which was highly valued. The best oil was from ol...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• olive, native

  n. one of the many names givento four trees – – Bursaria spinosa, Cav., N.O. Pittosporeae,; Elaeoca...

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

• Olive

  The olive was among the most abundant and characteristic vegetation of Judea. The olive tree grows f...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• mock-orange

  n. an Australian tree,i.q. Native Laurel. See laurel. ...

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

• orange, mock

  n. i.q. Native Laurel.See laurel. ...

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

• Queen olive

  ·add. ·- Properly, a kind of superior olive grown in the region of Seville, Spain. It is large size ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Olive-tree

  Is frequently mentioned in Scripture. The dove from the ark brought an olive-branch to Noah (Gen. 8:...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• native olive

  n. See under olive and marblewood. ...

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

• olive, spurious

  n. another name for the tree Notelaea ligustrina, Vent. See Ironwood. ...

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

• mock the church

  not to marry after the banns have been published. Norf. and Suff. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Olive Court, St. Katherine's

  See Oliver's Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.