† theven.
Obsolete. rare.
The first element of theve-thorn n., of uncertain derivation: apparently Brush-wood, bush, shrub; = brush n.1 2.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > brushwood, scrub, or underwood
ronea1300
underwooda1325
rammel1338
brushetc1380
scroga1400
bushailec1400
frithing1429
brushal1430
brushc1440
ronec1440
thevec1440
garsil1483
shroga1500
cablish1594
south-bois1598
undergrowth1600
frith1605
hand timber1664
subbois1664
urith1671
brushwood1732
bush-wood1771
underbrush1775
slop1784
woodiness1796
scrub1805
shag1836
chaparral1845
underbush1849
underscrub1870
sand-brush1871
buck-brush1874
bush1879
horizontal scrub1888
tangle-wood1894
shin-tangle1905
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 490/2 Theve, brusch [v.r. brush: no Latin equivalent given].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† thevev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To smell.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)] > exercise the sense of smell
snevec1200
snokec1380
savoura1382
thevea1400
whiff1635
nesea1637
scent1638
venta1640
taste1656
snift1736
sniff1792
olfact1805
to run up1815
smell1831
sniffa1845
snuff1858
smellsip1922
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 23456 [I]n þis lijf has man gret liking..Suete spiceri to theue [Coll. Phys. thef, Vesp. fell, Fairf. 14 tast] and smell.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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