| 单词 | quicken tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquicken tree More fully quicken tree. The rowan or mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia. Formerly also: †a juniper (obsolete rare). Cf. quickbeam n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > junipers > [noun] gorsec1000 savinOE juniper-treea1382 junipera1400 quickena1400 juniperinec1430 cade1575 jeniver1585 melmot1644 oxycedar1646 red cedar1682 cover-shame1694 Bermuda cedar1700 pencil cedar1785 sharp cedar1840 Rocky Mountain juniper1852 tuckamore1863 tucking-bush1890 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash quick treeeOE wycheOE quickena1400 foldc1420 rowan-tree1483 quickbeam?1537 wild ash1552 field ash1578 mountain ash1597 quicken berry1597 whitten1633 witchen1664 quickenberry tree1671 wicky1681 rowan1751 narrow-leaved service tree1793 sorb1796 bastard mountain ash1800 roundwood1846 fowler's service tree1859 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > juniper bush gorsec1000 juniper-treea1382 junipera1400 quickena1400 juniperinec1430 jeniver1585 a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei 26 Juniperus, anglice, quikentre. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.iiij v The seconde kynde [of sorbus] is called..in englishe a rountree or a Quicken tree. 1562 W. Turner Herball (1568) ii. 71 The tre whiche we call in the North countre a quicken tre or a rown tre, & in the South countre a quikbeme. 1674 in Depos. Castle of York 209 They tye soe much whighen about him, I cannot come to my purpose, else I could have worn him away once in two yeares. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vi. 223 The Fraxinus sylvestris or Quicken-tree, which they firmly believe will certainly preserve them from all fascinations, and evill spirits. 1756 R. Pococke Trav. (1889) II. 217 The quicken and yew grow here. 1785 W. Marshall Planting & Ornamental Gardening 381 The Quicken-tree will grow upon almost any soil, either strong or light, moist or dry. 1857 O'Grady Pursuit Diarmuid 143 I know that Diarmuid is in the top of the quicken. 1865 Notes & Queries 21 Oct. 324/1 The wicken-tree, or mountain ash, is represented as having the power of deterring evil spirits from where it grows. 1907 Dublin Rev. Jan. 32 In Irish vallies where the quicken grows. 1934 Folk-lore 45 250 In days gone by the wagoners used to make sure to have a whip-stock made o' wicken. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 236/1 Quicken..Mountain Ash..(Sorbus aucuparia). < as lemmas |
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