Forest

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

Although Palestine has never been in historical times a woodland country, yet there can be no doubt that there was much more wood formerly than there is a t present, and that the destruction of the forests was one of the chief causes of the present desolation.

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Forest
·vt To cover with trees or wood. II. Forest ·adj Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan. III. Forest...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Forest
Heb. ya'ar, meaning a dense wood, from its luxuriance. Thus all the great primeval forests of Syria ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
forest
n. See quotation. 1839. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions into the Interior ofEastern Australia,'...

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