-
Tree
·noun Wood; timber.
II. Tree ·noun A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree.
III. Tree ·vt To drive to a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
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.
-
clout-nails
Short nails with large heads for the soles of strong shoes.--Hartshorne's Shropshire.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
hang-nails
Slivers, which hang from the roots of the nails, and reach to the tips of the fingers.--Forby's Voca...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
ang-nails
corns on the feet. Cumb.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
boat-nails
Those supplied for the carpenter's use are of various lengths, generally rose-headed, square at the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
clamp-nails
Such nails as are used to fasten clamps; they are short and stout, with large heads.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
clench-nails
They are much used in boat-building, being such as can be driven without splitting the boards, and d...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
clincher-nails
Those which are of malleable metal, as copper, wrought iron, &c., which clinch by turning back the p...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
clout-nails
[Fr. clouter]. To stud with nails, as ships' bottoms and piles were before the introduction of sheet...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
composition nails
Those which are made of mixed metal, and which, being largely used for nailing on copper sheathing, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
copper-nails
These are chiefly used in boat-building, and for plank nails in the vicinity of the binnacle, as iro...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
deck-nails
A kind of spike with a snug head, commonly made in a diamond form; they are single or double deck-na...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
doubling-nails
The nails commonly used in doubling.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
flat-nails
Small sharp-pointed nails with flat thin heads, longer than tacks, for nailing the scarphs of moulds...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
lead-nails
Small round-headed composition nails for nailing lead.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
port-nails
These are classed double and single: they are similar to clamp-nails, and like them are used for fas...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
ribbing-nails
Similar to deck-nails, but not so fine; they have large round heads with rings, so as to prevent the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
scupper-nails
Short nails with very broad flat heads, used to nail the flaps of the scuppers, so as to retain the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
sheathing-nails
These are used to fasten wood-sheathing, and prevent the filling-nails from tearing it too much. Tho...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
spike-nails
See deck-nails.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
weight-nails
Somewhat similar to deck-nails, but not so fine, and with square heads; for fastening cleats and the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Amber tree
·- A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant od...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Bay tree
·- A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Beam tree
·- A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Beech tree
·- The <<Beech>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Bito tree
·add. ·- A small scrubby tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca) growing in dry regions of tropical Africa and A...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Bo tree
·- The peepul tree; ·esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Bully tree
·- The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of S...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Candleberry tree
·- A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Caper tree
·- ·see <<Capper>>, a plant, 2.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Cow tree
·- A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incis...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Crab tree
·- ·see under <<Crab>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fir tree
·- ·see <<Fir>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fringe tree
·add. ·- A small oleaceous tree (Chionanthus virginica), of the southern United States, having clust...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Galapee tree
·- The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Gatten tree
·- A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea),...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Genip tree
·add. ·- Any tree or shrub of the genus Genipa.
II. Genip tree ·add. ·- The West Indian sapindaceou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Gourd tree
·- A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Grass tree
·- A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis).
II. Grass tree ·- An Australian plant of the genu...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Hep tree
·- The wild dog-rose.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Hip tree
·- The dog-rose.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Ironbark tree
·- The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders;
— called als...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Locust tree
·- A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender raceme...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Mahwa tree
·- An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used f...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Neem tree
·- An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. ·see <<Margosa>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Nickar tree
·- ·same·as Nicker nut, Nicker tree.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Nicker tree
·- The plant producing nicker nuts.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Ople tree
·- The witch-hazel.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Peepul tree
·- A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Pipal tree
·- ·same·as Peepul tree.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Pippul tree
·- ·same·as Peepul tree.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Plane tree
·- ·same·as 1st Plane.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Planer tree
·- A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Quicken tree
·- The European rowan tree;
— called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. ·see Rowan tree.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Rowan tree
·- A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Shea tree
·- An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a substanc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Shittah tree
·noun A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, ·etc., of th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Soapberry tree
·- Any tree of the genus Sapindus, ·esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Til tree
·- ·see <<Teil>>.
II. Til tree ·add. ·- Var. of Teil tree.
III. Til tree ·add. ·- An ill-smelling ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Tree burial
·add. ·- Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branches of a tree or in a hollow trun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Tree calf
·add. ·- A bright brown polished calfskin binding of books, stained with a conventional treelike des...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Water tree
·- A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Weeping tree
·add. ·- Any tree having pendulous branches.
II. Weeping tree ·add. ·- A tree from which honeydew o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Whitten tree
·- Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish bra...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Wicken tree
·- ·same·as Quicken tree.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Witch-tree
·noun The witch-hazel.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Bay tree
Named only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so rendered is ereh, which simply means...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Box-tree
(Heb. teashshur), mentioned in Isa. 60:13; 41:19, was, according to some, a species of cedar growing...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Chestnut tree
(Heb. 'armon; i.e., "naked"), mentioned in connection with Jacob's artifice regarding the cattle (Ge...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Oil-tree
(Isa. 41:19; R.V. marg., "oleaster"), Heb. etz shemen, rendered "olive tree" in 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Olive-tree
Is frequently mentioned in Scripture. The dove from the ark brought an olive-branch to Noah (Gen. 8:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Palm tree
(Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as "flourishing" (Ps. 92:12...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Pine tree
Heb. tidhar, mentioned along with the fir-tree in Isa. 41:19; 60:13. This is probably the cypress; o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Plane tree
Heb. armon (Gen. 30:37; Ezek. 31:8), rendered "chesnut" in the Authorized Version, but correctly "pl...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Shittah-tree
(Isa. 41:19; R.V., "acacia tree"). Shittah wood was employed in making the various parts of the tabe...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Sycamine tree
Mentioned only in Luke 17:6. It is rendered by Luther "mulberry tree" (q.v.), which is most probably...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Teil tree
(an old name for the lime-tree, the tilia), Isa. 6:13, the terebinth, or turpentine-tree, the Pistac...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
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.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
blood-tree
See blood-wood
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
bottle-tree
n. an Australian tree, variousspecies of Sterculia, i.q. Kurrajong (q.v.). Sonamed from its appearan...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
breadfruit-tree
name given by the explorer Leichhardtto the Queensland tree, Gardenia edulis, F. v. M., N.O. Rubiace...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
cabbage-tree
n
1) Name given to various palmtrees of which the heart of the young leaves is eaten like thehead o...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
caper-tree
n.
The Australian tree of this nameis Capparis nobilis, F. v. M., N.O. Capparideae.The Karum of the...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
christmas-tree
n.
In Australia, it is the sameas Christmas-bush (q.v.). In New Zealand, it is Metrosideros tomento...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
cider-tree
or Cider-Gum, n.
name givenin Tasmania to Eucalyptus gunnii, Hook., N.O. Myrtaceae. See Gum.
1830....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
clover-tree
n.
a Tasmanian tree, called also Native Laburnun. See under Laburnum.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
cordage-tree
n.
name given in Tasmania to a Kurrajong (q.v.). The name Sida pulchella hasbeen superseded by Plag...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
cork-tree
n.
See bats-wing-coral.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
cotton-tree
n.
an Australian tree, Hibiscusteliaceus, Linn., N.O. Malvaceae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Nativ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
cow-tree
n.
a native tree of New Zealand.Maori name, Karaka (q.v.).
1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Natu...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
crab-tree
n. i.q. bitter-bark (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
daisy-tree
n.
two Tasmanian trees, Asturstellulatus, Lab., and A. glandulosus, Lab., N.O. Compositae. The latt...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
fern-tree
n.
Name applied to variousspecies of ferns which grow to a large size, the stem in thefully grown p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
fig-tree
n.
The name is applied inAustralia to the following species: – – Blue Fig – – Elaeocarpus grandis, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
fire-tree
n.
a tree of New Zealand; anothername for Pohutukawa (q.v.). For QueenslandFire-tree, see Tulip-tre...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
flame-tree
n.
The name is given in India andelsewhere to several trees with bright scarlet, or crimson,flowers...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
gooseberry-tree
Little, n. name given to theAustralian tree Buchanania mangoides, F. v. M., N.O.Anacardiaceae.
1847...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
grass-tree
n.
1) The name applied to treesof the genus Xanthorrhoea, N.O. Liliaceae, of whichthirteen species ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
hat-tree
n.
name given to a species of Sterculia, the Bottle-trees (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
hielaman-tree
n.
another name for the Bats-wing Coral (q.v.), Erythrina vespertilio,Benth., N.O. Leguminosae.
18...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
hollyhock-tree
n.
name given to Hibiscussplendens, Fraser, N.O. Malvaceae.
...
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
-
leopard-tree
n.
an Australian tree, Flindersia maculosa (or Strezleckiana), F. v. M., N.O. Meliaceae; called als...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
locust-tree
of New Zealand. See kowhai.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
medicine-tree
i.q. horse-radish tree (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
milk-tree
n.
a New Zealand tree, Epicarpurus microphyllus, Raoul.
1873. `Catalogue of Vienna Exhibition':
«...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
mint-tree
n.
In Australia, the tree is Prostanthera lasiantha, Labill., N.O. Labiateae.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
musk-tree
n.
The name is applied to Marleavitiense, Benth., N.O. Cornaceae, with edible nuts,which is not end...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
nettle-tree
n.
Two species of Laportea, N.O. Urticaceae, large scrub-trees, arecalled by this name – – Giant Ne...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
opossum-tree
n.
a timber-tree, Quintiniasieberi, De C., N.O. Saxifrageae.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
orange-tree
n.
The New Zealand Orange-Tree is a name given to the Tarata (q.v.),from the aromatic odour of its ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
pepper-tree
n.
The name is given to twotrees, neither of which are the true pepper of commerce( Piper).
They a...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
plum-tree
n.
the tree, Buchananiamangoides, F. v. M., N.O. Anacardiaceae.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
poison-tree
or Poisonous Tree
n.
another name for the Milky Mangrove. See Mangrove.The Scrub Poison-Tree is Ex...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
quinine-tree
n.
i.q. Horseradish Tree (q.v.), and used also for the Bitter-bark or Emu-Apple Tree (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
radish-tree
n.
an Australian timber-tree, Codonocarpus cotinifolius, F. v. M., N.O. Phytolaceae; called also Po...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
scrub-tree
n.
any tree that grows in the scrub.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 219:
«Almost ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
spotted-tree
Same as leopard-tree (q.v.).
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 216:
«Spotted or Leopa...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
stinging-tree
n.
a Queensland namefor the Giant Nettle, or Nettle-tree (q.v.)
1890. A. J. Vogan, `The Black Poli...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
sycamore tree
See laurel. In New SouthWales, the name is given to Brachyciton luridus,C. Moore, N.O. Sterculiaceae...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
tamarind-tree
name given to Diploglottiscunninghamii, Hook., N.O. Sapindaceae; called also Native Tamarind. «A tal...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
tea-tree
n.
(Very frequently, buterroneously, spelt Ti-tree, and occasionally,more ridiculously still, Ti-tr...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
ti-tree
n.
erroneous spelling of Tea-tree (q.v.). See also Manuka.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
tree-creeper
n.
popular name applied tomembers of an old Linnaean genus of birds. The Australianspecies are enum...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
tree-fern
n. See fern-tree.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
tree-kangaroo
called Boongary (q.v.)by the aboriginals. See Dendrolagus and Kangaroo.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
tree-runner
n.
another name for the Sittella (q.v.). The species are – – Black-capped Tree-Runner – – Sittella ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
tree-tit
n.
The word tit is terminallyapplied to many little English birds. In Australia,this new compound h...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
tulip-tree
n.
The name is given,in Australia, to Stenocarpus cunninghamii, R. Br., N.O. Proteaceae, on account...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
turpentine-tree
n.
The name is applied to manytrees in Australia yielding a resin, but especially to the treecalled...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
umbrella-tree
n.
name given to Brassaiaactinophylla, Endl., N.O. Araliaceae, from the largeleaves being set, like...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
water-tree
n.
a tree from which water isobtained by tapping the roots, Hakea leucoptera, R. Br., N.O. Proteace...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
whalebone-tree
n.
i.q. mint-tree (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
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.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
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.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
chess-tree
A piece of oak fastened with iron bolts on each top-side of the ship. Used for boarding the main-tac...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
gawn-tree
See gantree.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
roof-tree
See rough-tree.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
rough-tree
An unfinished spar: also a name given in merchant ships to any mast, or other spar above the ship's ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
waist-tree
Another name for rough-tree (which see).
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
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...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Oil Tree
(Heb. ets shemen). The Hebrew words occur in (Nehemiah 8:15) (Authorized Version "pine branches"), (...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Palm Tree
(Heb. tamar). Under this generic term many species are botanically included; but we have here only t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Pine Tree
Heb. tidhar . (Isaiah 41:19; 60:13) What tree is intended is not certain: but the rendering "pine," ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Shittah Tree
Shittim
(Heb. shittah, the thorny), is without doubt correctly referred to some species of Acacia, ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Sycamine Tree
is mentioned only in (Luke 17:6) There is no reason to doubt that the sycamine is distinct from the ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Turpentine Tree
occurs only once, via. in the Apocrypha. Ecclus. 24:16. It is the Pistacia terebinthus, terebinth tr...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
bag of nails
He squints like a bag of nails; i. e. his eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of n...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
jack-sharp-nails
a prickle-back ; called also, in Middlesex, a strickle-back. Derb.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
double deck-nails
See deck-nails.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
nails of sorts
Nails used in carpentry under the denominations of 4, 6, 8, 10, 24, 30, and 40 penny-nails, all of d...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Pine-tree State
·add. ·- Maine;
— a nickname alluding to the pine tree in its coat of arms.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Tree of life
Stood also in the midst of the garden of Eden (Gen. 2:9; 3:22). Some writers have advanced the opini...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Ashen Tree Court
North out of George Yard and Magpie Alley, Whitefriars (L.C.C. list, 1912). In Farringdon Ward Witho...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Fig Tree Court
1) South out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
"Fig-tree Alley...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Plumb Tree Court
See Plumtree Court.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Wallnut Tree Alley
East out of Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Former name:...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Walnut Tree Yard
South-west out of Houndsditch, adjoining the Wall of London (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Former nam...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Willow-tree Alley
See Star Court, Nightingale Lane.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Willow-tree Yard
See Star Court, Nightingale Lane.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
brown tree-lizard
n.
of New Zealand, Naultinus pacificus.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
cabbage-tree mob
and Cabbagites
obsolete Australian slang for modern Larrikins (q.v)., becausewearing cabbage-tree h...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
fern-tree gully
See fern-tree and gully.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
green-tree ant
n.
common Queensland Ant.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 294:
«It was at the lowe...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
green tree-snake
n.
See under snake.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
horse-radish tree
n.
name given to Codonocarpus cotinifolius, F. v. M., N.O. Phytolaceae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Usefu...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
mutton-bird tree
n.
a tree, Seneciorotundifolius, Hook.: so called because the mutton-birds,especially in Foveaux St...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
paper-bark tree
or Paper-barked Tea-tree
,n.
Called also Milk-wood (q.v.). Name given tothe species Melaleuca leuc...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
pigeon-berry tree
n.
i.q. Native Mulberry. See mulberry.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
poison-berry tree
n.
Pittosporumphillyroides, De C., N.O. Pittosporeae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
raspberry-jam tree
n.
name given to Acaciaacuminata, Benth., especially of Western Australia. ThoughMaiden does not gi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
scrub-poison-tree
n.
See poison-tree.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
swamp-daisy-tree
n.
See daisy-tree.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
tonquin bean-tree
n.
a Tasmanian variety of Native Sandalwood; also called Tonga Beanwood.
1862. W. Archer, `Product...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
to girdle a tree
In America, to make a circular incision, like a belt, through the bark and alburnum of a tree to kil...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
bow-dark tree
(Fr. bois d'arc.) A western tree, the wood of which is used to make bows with.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
ban-net tree
a walnut-tree. Glo.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
cocoa-nut tree
The Palma cocos yields toddy; the nut, a valuable oil and milky juice; the stem, bark, branches, &c....
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
rough-tree timber
Upright pieces of timber placed at intervals along the side of a vessel, to support the rough-tree. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
tree-nail wedge
A cross is cut in the tree-nail end, and wedges driven in, caulked; or sometimes a wedge is driven i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Almond Tree; Almond
This word is found in (Genesis 43:11; Exodus 25:33,34; 37:19,20; Numbers 17:8; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Je...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary