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highwood|ˈhaɪwʊd|
[f. high a. + wood n.1; cf. high forest (high a. 21) and G. hochwald.]
A forest of tall trees.
1900J. Nisbet Our Forests & Woodlands iii. 105 Data are not yet available to indicate anything like definitely what rotation of oak in highwoods will prove most remunerative. 1904G. A. B. Dewar Glamour of Earth v. 83 He turns bravely to the dripping highwood, to cut and lay in lands or rows the hazel and oak stems. 1905J. Nisbet Forester I. ii. ii. 346 Highwood..woods..are not cleared..until..maturity. 1959E. Pound Thrones cvii. 110 High-wood is called saltus. |