单词 | thorn-hedge |
释义 | thorn-hedgen. A hedge of thorny shrubs; spec. a hedge composed of hawthorn ‘sets’. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > hedge or hedgerow > thorn-hedge thorn-hedge1560 prick-hedge1601 thorn-quick1755 stagger1793 1560 Bible (Geneva) Micah vii. 4 The most righteous of them is sharper then a thorne hedge. a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 33 It is like a thorn-hedge..in the way which that bias inclines him to. 1854 Zoologist 12 4286 I discovered in a thorn-hedge the first nest that I had seen that year. Derivatives ˈthorn-ˈhedged adj. furnished with or enclosed by a thorn-hedge. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > enclosed > by a hedge hedgedc1440 thorn-hedged1892 1892 A. M. Clerke Familiar Stud. Homer iii. 73 Odysseus..approached the thorn-hedged enclosure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1560 |
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