beechenadj.

/ˈbiːtʃən/

Forms: In Old English bécen, Middle English bechen, 1600s beachen.

Etymology: Old English bécen < bóecen < Germanic *bōkīno-z (cognate with Latin fāginus , Greek ϕήγινος ), < bôkâ- beech: see beech n. and -en suffix¹.Now superseded in common use by beech n. attributive.

archaic and poetic.

1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from the beech.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > beech or beeches > [adjective]

beechenc1000

beech1607

beechy1622

Nothofagus1896

c1000 Ælfric Gloss. in Wülcker Voc. 137 Faginus, bécen.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 182 Þær heo on becenan treowes wyrttruman gewexen sy.

c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 607 This false chanoun Out of his bosom took a bechen cole.

1612 H. Peacham Graphice ii. ii. 120 By his beechen garland is signified the great plenty of beech trees, which grow about Fasterona.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 1 Beneath the Shade which Beechen Boughs diffuse.

1773 G. White Let. 9 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 98 Before our beechen woods were so much destroyed.

1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. i Under yonder beechen shade.

2. Made of the wood of the beech.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > beech

beech1607

beechen1663

1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 87 Canst look upon thy Beechen Bowl, and Dish.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxviii. 94 As hard as a Beechen Trencher.

1822 W. Wordsworth Eccl. Sonn. i. xxii A beechen bowl, A maple dish, my furniture should be.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. v. 176 The beechen axle groaned beneath the weight.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	beechen
释义	beechenadj. /ˈbiːtʃən/ Forms: In Old English bécen, Middle English bechen, 1600s beachen. Etymology: Old English bécen < bóecen < Germanic bōkīno-z (cognate with Latin fāginus* , Greek ϕήγινος ), < bôkâ- beech: see beech n. and -en suffix¹.Now superseded in common use by beech n. attributive. archaic and poetic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from the beech. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > beech or beeches > [adjective] beechenc1000 beech1607 beechy1622 Nothofagus1896 c1000 Ælfric Gloss. in Wülcker Voc. 137 Faginus, bécen. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 182 Þær heo on becenan treowes wyrttruman gewexen sy. c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 607 This false chanoun Out of his bosom took a bechen cole. 1612 H. Peacham Graphice ii. ii. 120 By his beechen garland is signified the great plenty of beech trees, which grow about Fasterona. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 1 Beneath the Shade which Beechen Boughs diffuse. 1773 G. White Let. 9 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 98 Before our beechen woods were so much destroyed. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. i Under yonder beechen shade. 2. Made of the wood of the beech. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > beech beech1607 beechen1663 1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 87 Canst look upon thy Beechen Bowl, and Dish. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxviii. 94 As hard as a Beechen Trencher. 1822 W. Wordsworth Eccl. Sonn. i. xxii A beechen bowl, A maple dish, my furniture should be. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. v. 176 The beechen axle groaned beneath the weight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.c1000
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