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▪ I. olivet1 Obs. exc. as in b.|ˈɒlɪvɪt|
[ad. L. olīvēt-um olive-grove.]
A place in which olive-trees are grown; an olive-grove.
1382Wyclif Amos iv. 9 Ȝour vijn ȝerdis; and olyuetis [gloss or placis wher olyues wexen]. 1609Bible (Douay) Exod. xxiii. 11 So shalt thou doe in thy vineyard and thy olivete. 1610W. Folkingham Art Of Survey i. viii. 18 Good for graine, Elmes, Vine-yards, and Oliuets.
b. Now only as proper name of the Mount of Olives, the scene of the Ascension, on the east side of Jerusalem; hence allusively.
c1275Passion of our Lord 127 in O.E. Misc. 41 Vre louerd nom his apostles..And forþ myd him ledde to þe Munt of olyuete. c1440Jacob's Well 252 Ȝif þou be in þe ground of mercy þou art in olyuete. 1611Bible Acts i. 12 The mount called Oliuet. 1866Whittier Our Master 51 And faith has still its Olivet, And love its Galilee.
▪ II. ˈolivet2
Also oliˈvette.
[a. F. olivette, dim. of olive: see -et1.]
1. = olive n.1 7 b.
1819Army List in Pall Mall Gaz. (1891) 14 Nov. 3/2, 10th Hussars..Jacket blue, and cross loops and olivets in gold; blue facings. 1900Westm. Gaz. 30 Aug. 2/2 The little cord olivettes and buttons..corresponded in colour to the cloth.
2. (See quot.)
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Olivet, a kind of mock pearl or white bugle made for the African trade and prized by the negroes of Senegal. |