| 单词 | pricktimber tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprick-timber tree 1. The spindle, Euronymus europaeus (also prick-timber tree); the wood of this tree; = prickwood n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > spindle-tree(s) prickwood1516 spindle-tree1548 prick-timber1578 prickle tree1607 prick tree1671 spindle1712 spindlekin1714 euonymus1767 skewer wood1782 gaiter1796 dogwood1838 spindle-trees1846 louse-berry1866 skewer tree1894 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxxix. 760 This plant..some call..in Englishe, Spindeltree, and Pricke timber: bycause the timber of this tree serueth very well to the making both of Prickes and Spindelles. 1640 F. Holyoake Riders Dict. (new ed.) sig. Cc3v/2 A spindle tree or pricke timber. Evonimus. a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Wilts. (1847) i. ix. 56 The butchers doe make skewers of it, because it doth not taint the meate as other wood will doe: from whence it hath the name of prick-timber. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Prick-timber, a name sometimes given to the Euonymus, or spindle-tree. 1787 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) I. 241 Evonymus europæus... Spindle Tree. Prick Wood. Prick Timber Tree. Gatteridge Tree. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 926/2 Prick-timber, or Prickwood, the wood of Euonymus europæus. prick-timber tree 2. The dogwood, Cornus sanguinea (also prick-timber tree); = prickwood n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > cornus (dogwood and allies) > [noun] gaiterc1000 dog-tree1548 cornel1551 dogberry1551 prick tree1551 hound's-berry1578 hound's-tree1578 prick-timber tree1578 dwarf honeysuckle1597 dogwood1598 sanguine-rod1601 prickwood1691 bloody twig1759 rose willow1798 red osier1807 swamp dogwood1817 stone-berry?1838 bunch-berry1845 cornus1846 silky cornel1848 silky dogwood1900 pagoda tree1978 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. li. 726 The wilde Cornell tree, is called..in Englishe..Dogge berie tree, and the Pricke timber tree, bycause Butchers vse to make prickes of it. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cornillier femelle, Hounds-tree, Dog-berrie tree, Prick-tymber tree. 1787 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) I. 160 Cornus sanguinea... Dogberry tree... Prick wood. Prick timber. Gatten tree. < as lemmas |
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