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bass-wood|ˈbɑːswʊd, -æ-| [f. bass n.2 + wood.] The American Lime or Linden (Tilia americana); the wood of this tree. Also attrib.
1670Rowley Rec. (1894) 210 The Northwest Angle is a basswood tree. 1728Rec. Early Hist. Boston 25 June (1883) VIII. 222 We are of Opinion That no..Black ash, Basswood, or Ceder Shall be Corded up. 1824W. Irving Braceb. Hall II. 271 A man is never a man till he can..sleep under a tree and live on bass-wood leaves. 1855Longfellow Hiaw. x. 153 Gave them drink in bowls of bass-wood. |