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disˈleaf, disˈleave, v.
[f. dis- 7 a + leaf.]
trans. To strip of leaves. Hence disˈleaved ppl. a., disˈleafing vbl. n.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. i. Arke 3 If now the Laurel..be dis-leau'd and vaded. 1655Hartlib Ref. Silk-worm 27 They will now be found in the Woods on the dis-leaved trees. 1830Fraser's Mag. I. 36 A disleafing which, as in the vine, ripens and incites the grapes. 1840Carlyle Heroes i. (1872) 19 Its boughs, with their buddings and disleafings. 1854Lowell Cambridge 30 Y. Ago Prose Wks. 1890 I. 89 The canker-worm that annually disleaved her elms. |