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▪ I. † arˈbust, n. Obs. rare—1.
[a. F. arbuste, ad. L. arbust-um a plantation, in pl. trees, boughs; in med.L. = arbuscula; f. arbos, arbor tree.]
A dwarf tree, a shrub.
1658Evelyn Fr. Gard. (1675) 39 Arbusts, and all shrubs.
▪ II. † arˈbust, v. Obs. rare—1.
[a. F. arbuste-r, ad. L. arbustā-re.]
To plant with trees; hence, arbusted ppl. a.
1623in Cockeram. 1647R. Baron Cyprian Acad. 54 What pleasures poets fame of after death, In the Elizean arbusted grooves. |