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ˈvine-tree
Also 4 vintre, 4–5 vyntre, 4–6 vyne-tree (5–6 Sc. wyne-).
[vine n.]
A tree of the genus Vitis bearing grapes. Also fig.
a1300Cursor M. 7159 And sua þair corns did he brin, þair oliues, wit þair vintres. a1340Hampole Psalter cxxvii. 3 Þi wife as vyntre haboundand in sides of þi house. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints vi. (Thomas) 401 Ensampil tane ma be sufficiandly be þe wyne-tre. 1483Cath. Angl. 402/1 A vyne tree, argitis, propago, vitis. 1501Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. II. 105 To the Franch man that set the wyne treis in Strivelin, xiiij s. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 356 The Vinetree hath yeelded her purple grapes, by clusters. 1601Holland Pliny I. 519 The manner how to graffe a Vine tree. 1624Fisher in F. White Repl. 340 The Saints being but branches of Christ Iesus, the true Vinetree. 1786G. Frazer Fall of Man 136 You will be as a fruitful vine-tree. 1786Abercrombie Arrangem. 43 in Gard. Assist., Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, Proper for..shrubberies,..&c. [include]..Vine tree, winged leaved. 1813Q. Rev. IX. 159 Oft to mark, with curious eye, If the vine tree's time be nigh. |