North Woodsn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌnɔːθ ˈwʊdz/, U.S.

/ˈnɔrθ ˈwʊdz/

Forms: also with lower-case initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., wood n.¹

Etymology: < north adj. + the plural of wood n.¹

North American.

A. n.

Any of various heavily wooded regions of the northern United States and Canada.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land > specific

high country1831

montaña1840

North Woods1846

selva1849

1846 Godey's Lady's Bk. Feb. 73/2 I well knew where the fox-gloves loved to hide themselves, deep in the shades of the 'North Woods'.

1865 C. S. Joslyn in S. Newhouse et al. Trapper's Guide 90 I am undecided..which of these two characteristic institutions of the North Woods is the worst, the whiskey or the mosquitoes.

1881 Harper's Mag. May 867/1 I came out of the Adirondacks, or North Woods, free from cough.

1912 M. Nicholson Hoosier Chron. 61 Ware's references to the North woods had touched lightly some dim memory of her own.

1958 W. F. McCulloch Woods Words No-see-um, an almost invisible fly found in the north woods, has a terrific bite.

1975 B. Dylan Tangled up in Blue in Lyrics 1962–85 (1985) 357 I had a job in the great north woods, Working as a cook for a spell.

1994 Minnesota Monthly July 64/2 His writing is centred on life in the northwoods 60 and 70 years ago.

B. adj.

(attributive). Occurring in or characteristic of any of these regions.

ΚΠ

1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xxxvi. 257 The old-fashioned, picturesque ice-road sleigh haul will last as long as north-woods lumbering.

1947 J. J. Rowlands Cache Lake Country 15 No man in his right mind faces a north woods winter without having his wood cut and stacked.

2001 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 14 Oct. a6 In a long and respected North Woods tradition, the public is still allowed on most private land to hike, fish..and even camp.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	north woods
释义	North Woodsn.adj. Brit. /ˌnɔːθ ˈwʊdz/, U.S. /ˈnɔrθ ˈwʊdz/ Forms: also with lower-case initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., wood n.¹ Etymology: < north adj. + the plural of wood n.¹ North American. A. n. Any of various heavily wooded regions of the northern United States and Canada. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land > specific high country1831 montaña1840 North Woods1846 selva1849 1846 Godey's Lady's Bk. Feb. 73/2 I well knew where the fox-gloves loved to hide themselves, deep in the shades of the 'North Woods'. 1865 C. S. Joslyn in S. Newhouse et al. Trapper's Guide 90 I am undecided..which of these two characteristic institutions of the North Woods is the worst, the whiskey or the mosquitoes. 1881 Harper's Mag. May 867/1 I came out of the Adirondacks, or North Woods, free from cough. 1912 M. Nicholson Hoosier Chron. 61 Ware's references to the North woods had touched lightly some dim memory of her own. 1958 W. F. McCulloch Woods Words No-see-um, an almost invisible fly found in the north woods, has a terrific bite. 1975 B. Dylan Tangled up in Blue in Lyrics 1962–85 (1985) 357 I had a job in the great north woods, Working as a cook for a spell. 1994 Minnesota Monthly July 64/2 His writing is centred on life in the northwoods 60 and 70 years ago. B. adj. (attributive). Occurring in or characteristic of any of these regions. ΚΠ 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xxxvi. 257 The old-fashioned, picturesque ice-road sleigh haul will last as long as north-woods lumbering. 1947 J. J. Rowlands Cache Lake Country 15 No man in his right mind faces a north woods winter without having his wood cut and stacked. 2001 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 14 Oct. a6 In a long and respected North Woods tradition, the public is still allowed on most private land to hike, fish..and even camp. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1846
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