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two-leaved, a.|ˈtuːliːvd|
Also 7 -leaf(e)d.
Having or consisting of two leaves. a. Having two hinged or folding parts, as a door, table, etc. Also fig.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry ii. i. (1660) 50 The two leaved silver gates. 1611Middleton & Dekker Roaring Girl ii. ii, The two-leav'd tongues of slander or of truth. 1611Cotgr., Valve, a foulding, or two-leafed doore, or window. 1626tr. Featly's Parallel. A ij, A two leafed Tablet. a1644Quarles Sol. Recant. ch. xii, Then shall the Castles two-leafd gates be barr'd. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre xii, The great dining-room, whose two-leaved door stood open.
b. Having two foliage-leaves, or two petals or sepals; having leaves growing in pairs.
1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 115/2 Bifoile, or two leafed flower. 1793Martyn Lang. Bot., Two-leaved calyx. 1894J. Muir Mount. California viii. 201 The Two-leaved Pine [Pinus contorta], more than any other, is subject to destruction by fire.
c. Of a book: Consisting of two leaves.
1726Ayliffe Parergon 191 Her Register..was a two-leav'd Book of Record. |