silky-oak

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• Silky

  ·superl Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine. II. Silky ·superl Covered with soft hairs pressed c...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Oak

  ·noun The strong wood or timber of the oak. II. Oak ·noun Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. T...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Oak

  There are six Hebrew words rendered "oak." 1) El occurs only in the word El-paran (Gen. 14:6). The ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• oak

  A rich maa, a man of good substance and credit. To sport oak; to shut the outward door of a student'...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• oak

  n. The Oak of the Northern Hemisphere( Quercus) is not found among the indigenous treesof Australia...

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

• oak

  ♦ Quercus, the valuable monarch of the woods. "Hearts of oak are our ships," as the old song says. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Oak

  (Heb. strong). There is much difficulty in determining the exact meanings of the several varieties o...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Fumed oak

  ·add. ·- Oak given a weathered appearance by exposure in an air-tight compartment to fumes of ammoni...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Oak Tree

  A messuage so called in Watling Street, given to the parish of All Hallows, Bread Street (Strype, Ed...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• cambridge oak

  A willow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bull-oak

  n. See oak. ...

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

• desert-oak

  n. an Australian tree, Casuarinadecaisneana, F. v. M. See Casuarina and Oak. 1896. Baldwin Spencer...

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

• forest-oak

  n. See oak. Forget-me-not, n. The species of this familiar flower is Myosotis australis, R. Br., N...

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

• he-oak

  n. See oak and she-oak. ...

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

• native oak

  n. See oak. ...

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

• oak-apple

  n. the Cone of the Casuarinaor She-Oak tree. 1862. G. T. Lloyd, `Thirty-three Years in Tasmania an...

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

• river-oak

  See oak. ...

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

• scrub-oak

  n. See oak. ...

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

• she-oak

  n. 1) A tree of the genus Casuarina (q.v.). The timber, which is very hard andmakes good fuel, was ...

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

• swamp-oak

  n. 1) A broomlike leguminous shrubor small tree, Viminaria denudata, Sm. (also called Swamp-broom)....

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

• oak-webb

  the brown cock-chafer. Cornish. ...

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

• Royal Oak Yard

  In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• botany-bay oak

  or Botany-Bay Wood ,n. a trade name in England for the timber of Casuarina. See Beef-wood. ...

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

• she-oak nets

  nets placed on each side of a gangwayfrom a ship to the pier, to prevent sailors who have beenindulg...

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