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holm-tree
[f. holm2.]
1. The holly; = holm2 1. Obs. exc. dial.
c1400Sowdone Bab. 61 He rested him vndere an holme tre. 1576Turberv. Venerie 89 Holtes of holme trees. 1778Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2) s.v. Lydd, Near the sea, is a place called Holmstone..which abounds..with holm-trees. 1887T. Hardy Woodlanders III. 286 They had arranged that their meeting..should be at the holm-tree.
2. The holm-oak; = holm2 2.
1565Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Iligneus, A branch of holme tree. 1606Holland Sueton. 79 In the Iland Capreæ, the boughes of a very old holmetree..became fresh againe at his comming thither. 1802R. Brookes' Gazetteer (ed. 12) s.v. Landes, The holm-tree, of the bark of which corks are made. |