| 单词 | corner-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorner-tree corner-tree n. U.S. a tree which marks the corner of a surveyed tract. ΚΠ 1661 Portsmouth Rec. 108 That the lotters are to run the line..from Corner tree to Corner tree. 1786 G. Washington Diaries III. 55 Not having Hough's field Notes, and no Corner trees being noted in His Plat, I did not attempt to look for lines. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase xii. 87 We began to look through the legal blazes to espy a corner tree cut and notched in a peculiar way. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Corner-trees. See Witness-trees. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms Corner-trees, trees which mark the boundary lines of homesteads, claims, etc. < as lemmas |
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