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beechen, a. arch. and poet.|ˈbiːtʃən|
In 1 bécen, 4–5 bechen, 7 beachen.
[OE. bécen:—bóecen:—OTeut. *bōkīno-z (cogn. w. L. fāginus, Gr. ϕήγινος), f. bôkâ- beech: see prec. and -en1.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from the beech.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wülcker Voc. 137 Faginus, bécen. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 182 Þær heo on becenan treowes wyrttruman ᵹewexen sy. c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 607 This false chanoun Out of his bosom took a bechen cole. 1622Peacham Compl. Gentl. ii. ii. (1634) 110 By his beechen garland is signified the great plenty of beech-trees which grow about Fasterona. 1697Dryden Virg. Eclog. i. 1 Beneath the Shade which Beechen Boughs diffuse. 1773G. White Selborne xxxix. (1788) 117 Before our beechen woods were so much destroyed. 1878B. Taylor Deukalion iii. i, Under yonder beechen shade.
2. Made of the wood of the beech.
1663Cowley Verses & Ess. (1669) 87 Canst look upon thy Beechen Bowl, and Dish. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. xxix. 46 As hard as a beechen trencher. 1822Wordsw. Eccl. Sonn. i. xxii, A beechen bowl, A maple dish, my furniture should be. 1870Bryant Homer I. v. 176 The beechen axle groaned beneath the weight.
¶ Now superseded in common use by beech attrib. |