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vine-leaf
[vine n.]
A leaf of a vine.
c1420Lydg. Assembly of Gods 353 Of grene vyne leues he weryd a ioly crowne. c1440Promp. Parv. 510/2 Vyny leef, pampinus, abestrum. c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 810 Hic pamplus, a vyneleffe. a1513Fabyan Chron. vi. (1811) 160 They were fayne to take vyne leuys to couer with theyr secret membrys. 1601Holland Pliny I. Table s.v., Vine leaves to be cleansed once in the spring. 1634Peacham Compl. Gentl. xii. (1906) 109 Whereby we are taught to know..Bacchus by his Vine-leaves. 1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Vitis, That vile Taste of a rotten Vine Leaf. 1765Sterne Tr. Shandy vii. xliii, There were two dozen of eggs covered over with vine-leaves at the bottom of the basket. 1818Shelley Rosal. & Helen 1258 Its casements bright Shone through their vine-leaves in the morning sun. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 238/2 The imago..shortly after lays its eggs upon the upper surface of the vine leaf.
attrib.1874H. H. Cole Catal. Ind. Art S. Kens. Mus. 258 Muslin. Figured; diaper vine-leaf pattern.
b. vine-leaf miner, an insect infesting vine-leaves.
Also vine-leaf folder, vine-leaf hopper, vine-leaf roller. (In recent Amer. Dicts.)
1830Insect Architecture (L.E.K.) 238 The vine-leaf miner, when about to construct its cocoon, cuts..two pieces of the membrane of the leaf. |