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• Water tree

  ·- A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery s...

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• Tree

  ·noun Wood; timber. II. Tree ·noun A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree. III. Tree ·vt To drive to a...

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• to tree

  To take refuge in a tree, said of a wild animal; to force to take refuge in a tree, drive to a tree,...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Water

  ·vi To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water. II. Water ·noun Any liquid secret...

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• water

  His chops watered at it; he longed earnestly for it. To watch his waters; to keep a strict watch on ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Amber tree

  ·- A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant od...

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• Bay tree

  ·- A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis). ...

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• Beam tree

  ·- A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. ...

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• Beech tree

  ·- The <<Beech>>. ...

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• Bito tree

  ·add. ·- A small scrubby tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca) growing in dry regions of tropical Africa and A...

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• Bo tree

  ·- The peepul tree; ·esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a s...

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• Bully tree

  ·- The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of S...

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• Candleberry tree

  ·- A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of...

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• Caper tree

  ·- ·see <<Capper>>, a plant, 2. ...

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• Cow tree

  ·- A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incis...

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• Crab tree

  ·- ·see under <<Crab>>. ...

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• Fir tree

  ·- ·see <<Fir>>. ...

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• Fringe tree

  ·add. ·- A small oleaceous tree (Chionanthus virginica), of the southern United States, having clust...

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• Galapee tree

  ·- The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves. ...

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• Gatten tree

  ·- A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea),...

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• Genip tree

  ·add. ·- Any tree or shrub of the genus Genipa. II. Genip tree ·add. ·- The West Indian sapindaceou...

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• Gourd tree

  ·- A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America. ...

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• Grass tree

  ·- A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis). II. Grass tree ·- An Australian plant of the genu...

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• Hep tree

  ·- The wild dog-rose. ...

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• Hip tree

  ·- The dog-rose. ...

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• Ironbark tree

  ·- The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; — called als...

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• Locust tree

  ·- A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender raceme...

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• Mahwa tree

  ·- An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used f...

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• Neem tree

  ·- An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. ·see <<Margosa>>. ...

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• Nickar tree

  ·- ·same·as Nicker nut, Nicker tree. ...

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• Nicker tree

  ·- The plant producing nicker nuts. ...

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• Ople tree

  ·- The witch-hazel. ...

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• Peepul tree

  ·- A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and...

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• Pipal tree

  ·- ·same·as Peepul tree. ...

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• Pippul tree

  ·- ·same·as Peepul tree. ...

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• Plane tree

  ·- ·same·as 1st Plane. ...

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• Planer tree

  ·- A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, ...

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• Quicken tree

  ·- The European rowan tree; — called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. ·see Rowan tree. ...

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• Rowan tree

  ·- A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs ...

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• Shea tree

  ·- An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a substanc...

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• Shittah tree

  ·noun A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, ·etc., of th...

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• Soapberry tree

  ·- Any tree of the genus Sapindus, ·esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used ...

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• Til tree

  ·- ·see <<Teil>>. II. Til tree ·add. ·- Var. of Teil tree. III. Til tree ·add. ·- An ill-smelling ...

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• Tree burial

  ·add. ·- Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branches of a tree or in a hollow trun...

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• Tree calf

  ·add. ·- A bright brown polished calfskin binding of books, stained with a conventional treelike des...

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• Weeping tree

  ·add. ·- Any tree having pendulous branches. II. Weeping tree ·add. ·- A tree from which honeydew o...

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• Whitten tree

  ·- Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish bra...

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• Wicken tree

  ·- ·same·as Quicken tree. ...

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• Witch-tree

  ·noun The witch-hazel. ...

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• Bay tree

  Named only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so rendered is ereh, which simply means...

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• Box-tree

  (Heb. teashshur), mentioned in Isa. 60:13; 41:19, was, according to some, a species of cedar growing...

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• Chestnut tree

  (Heb. 'armon; i.e., "naked"), mentioned in connection with Jacob's artifice regarding the cattle (Ge...

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• Oil-tree

  (Isa. 41:19; R.V. marg., "oleaster"), Heb. etz shemen, rendered "olive tree" in 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32...

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• Olive-tree

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

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• Palm tree

  (Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as "flourishing" (Ps. 92:12...

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• Pine tree

  Heb. tidhar, mentioned along with the fir-tree in Isa. 41:19; 60:13. This is probably the cypress; o...

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• Plane tree

  Heb. armon (Gen. 30:37; Ezek. 31:8), rendered "chesnut" in the Authorized Version, but correctly "pl...

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• Shittah-tree

  (Isa. 41:19; R.V., "acacia tree"). Shittah wood was employed in making the various parts of the tabe...

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• Sycamine tree

  Mentioned only in Luke 17:6. It is rendered by Luther "mulberry tree" (q.v.), which is most probably...

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• Teil tree

  (an old name for the lime-tree, the tilia), Isa. 6:13, the terebinth, or turpentine-tree, the Pistac...

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• 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.

• gregorian tree

  The gallows: so named from Gregory Brandon, a famous finisher of the law; to whom Sir William Segar,...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bean-tree

  n. called also Moreton BayChestnut, Castanospermum australe, Cunn. and Fraser, N.O. Leguminosae; a ...

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

• benjamin-tree

  n. also called Weeping Fig in Queensland, Ficus benjaminea, Linn., N.O. Urticaceae. ...

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• blood-tree

  See blood-wood ...

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• bottle-tree

  n. an Australian tree, variousspecies of Sterculia, i.q. Kurrajong (q.v.). Sonamed from its appearan...

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• box-tree

  See boxI ...

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• breadfruit-tree

  name given by the explorer Leichhardtto the Queensland tree, Gardenia edulis, F. v. M., N.O. Rubiace...

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• cabbage-tree

  n 1) Name given to various palmtrees of which the heart of the young leaves is eaten like thehead o...

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• caper-tree

  n. The Australian tree of this nameis Capparis nobilis, F. v. M., N.O. Capparideae.The Karum of the...

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• christmas-tree

  n. In Australia, it is the sameas Christmas-bush (q.v.). In New Zealand, it is Metrosideros tomento...

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• cider-tree

  or Cider-Gum, n. name givenin Tasmania to Eucalyptus gunnii, Hook., N.O. Myrtaceae. See Gum. 1830....

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• clover-tree

  n. a Tasmanian tree, called also Native Laburnun. See under Laburnum. ...

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• cordage-tree

  n. name given in Tasmania to a Kurrajong (q.v.). The name Sida pulchella hasbeen superseded by Plag...

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• cork-tree

  n. See bats-wing-coral. ...

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• cotton-tree

  n. an Australian tree, Hibiscusteliaceus, Linn., N.O. Malvaceae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Nativ...

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• cow-tree

  n. a native tree of New Zealand.Maori name, Karaka (q.v.). 1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Natu...

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• crab-tree

  n. i.q. bitter-bark (q.v.). ...

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• daisy-tree

  n. two Tasmanian trees, Asturstellulatus, Lab., and A. glandulosus, Lab., N.O. Compositae. The latt...

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• fern-tree

  n. Name applied to variousspecies of ferns which grow to a large size, the stem in thefully grown p...

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• fig-tree

  n. The name is applied inAustralia to the following species: – – Blue Fig – – Elaeocarpus grandis, ...

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• fire-tree

  n. a tree of New Zealand; anothername for Pohutukawa (q.v.). For QueenslandFire-tree, see Tulip-tre...

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• flame-tree

  n. The name is given in India andelsewhere to several trees with bright scarlet, or crimson,flowers...

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• gooseberry-tree

  Little, n. name given to theAustralian tree Buchanania mangoides, F. v. M., N.O.Anacardiaceae. 1847...

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• grass-tree

  n. 1) The name applied to treesof the genus Xanthorrhoea, N.O. Liliaceae, of whichthirteen species ...

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• gum-tree

  See gum ...

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• hat-tree

  n. name given to a species of Sterculia, the Bottle-trees (q.v.). ...

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• hielaman-tree

  n. another name for the Bats-wing Coral (q.v.), Erythrina vespertilio,Benth., N.O. Leguminosae. 18...

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• hollyhock-tree

  n. name given to Hibiscussplendens, Fraser, N.O. Malvaceae. ...

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• ivy-tree

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

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• leopard-tree

  n. an Australian tree, Flindersia maculosa (or Strezleckiana), F. v. M., N.O. Meliaceae; called als...

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• locust-tree

  of New Zealand. See kowhai. ...

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• medicine-tree

  i.q. horse-radish tree (q.v.). ...

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• milk-tree

  n. a New Zealand tree, Epicarpurus microphyllus, Raoul. 1873. `Catalogue of Vienna Exhibition': «...

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• mint-tree

  n. In Australia, the tree is Prostanthera lasiantha, Labill., N.O. Labiateae. ...

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• musk-tree

  n. The name is applied to Marleavitiense, Benth., N.O. Cornaceae, with edible nuts,which is not end...

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• nettle-tree

  n. Two species of Laportea, N.O. Urticaceae, large scrub-trees, arecalled by this name – – Giant Ne...

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• opossum-tree

  n. a timber-tree, Quintiniasieberi, De C., N.O. Saxifrageae. ...

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• orange-tree

  n. The New Zealand Orange-Tree is a name given to the Tarata (q.v.),from the aromatic odour of its ...

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• pepper-tree

  n. The name is given to twotrees, neither of which are the true pepper of commerce( Piper). They a...

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• plum-tree

  n. the tree, Buchananiamangoides, F. v. M., N.O. Anacardiaceae. ...

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• poison-tree

  or Poisonous Tree n. another name for the Milky Mangrove. See Mangrove.The Scrub Poison-Tree is Ex...

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• quinine-tree

  n. i.q. Horseradish Tree (q.v.), and used also for the Bitter-bark or Emu-Apple Tree (q.v.). ...

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• radish-tree

  n. an Australian timber-tree, Codonocarpus cotinifolius, F. v. M., N.O. Phytolaceae; called also Po...

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• scrub-tree

  n. any tree that grows in the scrub. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 219: «Almost ...

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• spotted-tree

  Same as leopard-tree (q.v.). 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 216: «Spotted or Leopa...

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• stinging-tree

  n. a Queensland namefor the Giant Nettle, or Nettle-tree (q.v.) 1890. A. J. Vogan, `The Black Poli...

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• sycamore tree

  See laurel. In New SouthWales, the name is given to Brachyciton luridus,C. Moore, N.O. Sterculiaceae...

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• tamarind-tree

  name given to Diploglottiscunninghamii, Hook., N.O. Sapindaceae; called also Native Tamarind. «A tal...

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• tea-tree

  n. (Very frequently, buterroneously, spelt Ti-tree, and occasionally,more ridiculously still, Ti-tr...

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• ti-tree

  n. erroneous spelling of Tea-tree (q.v.). See also Manuka. ...

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• tree-creeper

  n. popular name applied tomembers of an old Linnaean genus of birds. The Australianspecies are enum...

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• tree-fern

  n. See fern-tree. ...

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• tree-kangaroo

  called Boongary (q.v.)by the aboriginals. See Dendrolagus and Kangaroo. ...

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• tree-runner

  n. another name for the Sittella (q.v.). The species are – – Black-capped Tree-Runner – – Sittella ...

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• tree-tit

  n. The word tit is terminallyapplied to many little English birds. In Australia,this new compound h...

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• tulip-tree

  n. The name is given,in Australia, to Stenocarpus cunninghamii, R. Br., N.O. Proteaceae, on account...

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• turpentine-tree

  n. The name is applied to manytrees in Australia yielding a resin, but especially to the treecalled...

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• umbrella-tree

  n. name given to Brassaiaactinophylla, Endl., N.O. Araliaceae, from the largeleaves being set, like...

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• whalebone-tree

  n. i.q. mint-tree (q.v.). ...

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• yate-tree

  See yate ...

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• bladder-tree

  (genus straphylea). A handsome shrub, from six to ten feet high, remarkable for its large inflated c...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• umbrella tree

  (Lat. magnolia tripetala.) The popular name of this tree in the Southern States. ...

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• whiffle-tree

  The bar to which the traces of a carriage are fastened for draught.--Webster. Whipple-tree is the fo...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• whipple-tree

  The bar to which the traces of a carriage are fastened for draught.--Webster. Whipple-tree is the fo...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bore-tree

  an elder tree. N. From the great pith in the younger branches, which children commonly bore out to m...

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

• bur-tree

  an elder-tree. N. ...

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

• gattridge-tree

  prickwood. S. ...

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

• swingle-tree

  crooked pieces of wood, put to the traces of ploughs, &c. to keep them open. North. ...

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

• wiggin-tree

  the mountain-ash. North. ...

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

• banian-tree

  ♦ Ficus indica of India and Polynesia. The tendrils from high branches extend 60 to 80 feet, take ro...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• brab-tree

  The Palmyra palm. ...

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• chess-tree

  A piece of oak fastened with iron bolts on each top-side of the ship. Used for boarding the main-tac...

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• gawn-tree

  See gantree. ...

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• roof-tree

  See rough-tree. ...

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• rough-tree

  An unfinished spar: also a name given in merchant ships to any mast, or other spar above the ship's ...

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• tree-nails

  Long cylindrical oak or other hard wood pins, driven through the planks and timbers of a vessel to c...

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• waist-tree

  Another name for rough-tree (which see). ...

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• Bay Tree

  A species of laurel. Laurus nobilis . An evergreen, with leaves like our mountain laurel. (Psalms 37...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Chestnut Tree

  (Heb. 'armon .) (Genesis 30:37; Ezekiel 31:8) Probably the "palm tree" (Platanus orientalis) is inte...

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• Oil Tree

  (Heb. ets shemen). The Hebrew words occur in (Nehemiah 8:15) (Authorized Version "pine branches"), (...

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• Palm Tree

  (Heb. tamar). Under this generic term many species are botanically included; but we have here only t...

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• Pine Tree

  Heb. tidhar . (Isaiah 41:19; 60:13) What tree is intended is not certain: but the rendering "pine," ...

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• Shittah Tree

  Shittim (Heb. shittah, the thorny), is without doubt correctly referred to some species of Acacia, ...

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• Sycamine Tree

  is mentioned only in (Luke 17:6) There is no reason to doubt that the sycamine is distinct from the ...

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• Teil Tree

  [Oak] ...

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• Turpentine Tree

  occurs only once, via. in the Apocrypha. Ecclus. 24:16. It is the Pistacia terebinthus, terebinth tr...

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• Apollinaris water

  ·- An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fresh-water

  ·adj Unskilled; raw. II. Fresh-water ·adj Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a se...

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• Napha water

  ·- A perfume distilled from orange flowers. ...

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• Rose water

  ·- Water tinctured with roses by distillation. ...

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• Rose-water

  ·adj Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental. ...

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• Selters water

  ·- A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic a...

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• Seltzer water

  ·- ·see Selters water. ...

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• Spurn-water

  ·noun A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water. ...

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• Strong-water

  ·noun An <<Acid>>. II. Strong-water ·noun Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor. ...

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• Surfeit-water

  ·noun Water for the cure of surfeits. ...

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• Tail-water

  ·noun Water in a tailrace. ...

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• Vichy water

  ·- A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, cal...

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• Water adder

  ·- The water moccasin. II. Water adder ·- The common, harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus s...

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• Water agrimony

  ·- A kind of bur marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet places in Europe. ...

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• Water aloe

  ·- ·see Water soldier. ...

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• Water antelope

  ·- ·see Water buck. ...

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• Water arum

  ·- An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate...

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• Water back

  ·- ·see under 1st Back. ...

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• Water bailiff

  ·- An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels. ...

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• Water ballast

  ·- Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast. ...

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• Water barometer

  ·- A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column ...

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• Water bath

  ·- A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel ...

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• Water battery

  ·- A battery nearly on a level with the water. II. Water battery ·- A voltaic battery in which the ...

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• Water bear

  ·- Any species of Tardigrada, 2. ·see ·Illust. of Tardigrada. ...

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• Water bed

  ·- A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used ...

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• Water beech

  ·- The American hornbeam. ·see <<Hornbeam>>. ...

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• Water beetle

  ·- Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the fam...

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• Water bellows

  ·- ·same·as <<Tromp>>. ...

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• Water bird

  ·- Any aquatic bird; a water fowl. ...

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• Water blackbird

  ·- The European water ousel, or dipper. ...

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• Water boatman

  ·- A boat bug. ...

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• Water brain

  ·- A disease of sheep; gid. ...

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• Water brash

  ·- ·see under <<Brash>>. ...

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• Water breather

  ·- Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills. ...

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• Water bridge

  ·- ·see Water table. ...

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• Water buck

  ·- A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks o...

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• Water buffalo

  ·- The European buffalo. ...

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• Water bug

  ·- The Croton bug. II. Water bug ·- Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemip...

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• Water butt

  ·- A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. ...

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• Water caltrop

  ·- The water chestnut. ...

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• Water can

  ·- Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; — so called from the shape of the se...

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• Water canker

  ·- ·see <<Canker>>, ·noun, 1. ...

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• Water carriage

  ·- A vessel or boat. II. Water carriage ·- Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transpor...

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• Water cart

  ·- A cart carrying water; ·esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, ·e...

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• Water cavy

  ·- The <<Capybara>>. ...

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• Water celery

  ·- A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; — called also curse...

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• Water cell

  ·- A cell containing water; specifically (Zool.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is sto...

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• Water cement

  ·- Hydraulic cement. ...

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• Water chestnut

  ·- The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruit...

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• Water chevrotain

  ·- A large West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs th...

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• Water chicken

  ·- The common American gallinule. ...

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• White-water

  ·noun A dangerous disease of sheep. ...

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