bountreen.
/ˈbuːntriː/, /ˈbaʊntriː/, U.S. /ˈbunˌtri/, /ˈbaʊnˌtri/, Scottish English /ˈbuntri/ Common name in Scotland of the Elder-tree. Also attributive, as in bountree gun.
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1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 35/2 Bountry-guns are formed of the alder tree, the soft pith being taken out.
1848 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 vi. 265 The Ash and the Bountree were also observed.
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n.1821- to see daylight
- to see double
- to see etc of
- to see eye to eye
- to see face to face
- to see face with face
- to see fair
- to see fair play
- to see far in a millstone
- to see far into a millstone
- to see far through a millstone
- to see fashions
- to see for
- to see for oneself
- to see for what he is
- to see for what it is
- to see for what she is
- to see forthcoming
- to see good
- to see in his etc true colours
- to see in his her true colours
- to see in his true colours
- to see in sight
- to see into
- to see life