单词 | linden |
释义 | lindenn. 1. The lime-tree (see lime n.3). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > lime trees linda700 bast treea1425 linnc1475 tilleul1530 pry1573 fir-beech1577 linden1577 teil1589 linden-tree1591 tillet1601 bass-wood1670 red lime1709 lime-tree1748 parakeet bur1866 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 106v The Lynder [sic], in Greeke ϕιλλυριαα, and so in Italian, in Spanish Latera, in Dutch Lynden. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxxiii. 754 The broth of the leaves of Lynden sodde in water cureth the noughtie ulcers and blisters of the mouthes of young children. 1785 T. Potter Moralist II. 20 A majestic Linden reared its towering branches over the mouldering battlements. 1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. xxv. 1268 Herself would..seat her down upon some linden's root. 1853 M. Arnold Scholar Gipsy in Poems (new ed.) 202 Air-swept lindens yield Their scent. 1889 Cook in Nature 3 Oct. 559 When the linden was in bloom a single hive of bees would sometimes store up 15 lbs. of honey in the day. 2. Historical. Used to render the Old English lind, shield of lime-tree wood. ΚΠ 1855 J. Hewitt Anc. Armour I. 78 The shields placed in the graves were the ordinary ‘lindens’, of which no part commonly remains but the metal-boss and handle. Compounds C1. General attributive. linden-tree n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > lime trees linda700 bast treea1425 linnc1475 tilleul1530 pry1573 fir-beech1577 linden1577 teil1589 linden-tree1591 tillet1601 bass-wood1670 red lime1709 lime-tree1748 parakeet bur1866 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Teja A linden tree. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 373 Linden tree: for filthie sores of childrens mouthes. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 817 Linden-tree, Tilia. 1818 W. Scott Battle of Sempach 1 'Twas when among our linden-trees The bees had housed in swarms. C2. linden-shaded adj. ΚΠ a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 102 The linden shaded courtyard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † lindenadj. Obsolete. Made of the wood of the lime-tree. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > specific fruit trees lindena1000 cornel1671 a1000 Gnomic Verses (Exeter) (Gr.) 95 Scip sceal genægled, scyld gebunden, leoht linden bord. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2039 Bi water he sent adoun Liȝt linden spon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1577adj.a1000 |
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