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treen. Etymology: Old English tréow , tríow , Old English, Middle English tréo, etc. = Old Frisian trê (North Frisian trê , træ̂ ), Old Saxon trio , treo , trew- (Middle Dutch in combination -tere , -tære , Kilian); Old Norse tré (Danish træ , Swedish trä timber, träd tree); Gothic triu , genitive triw-is wood (wanting in Old High German and now also obsolete in Low German and Dutch) < Old Germanic *trewo- , cognate with Sanskrit dru tree, wood, ˈdāru wood, log, and with Greek δρῦς oak, δόρυ spear; Old Slavonic drievo ( < dervo ) tree, wood, drŭva plural wood, Russian ˈderevo , dreˈvo tree, wood, Serbian drvo tree, drva wood, Czech drva , Polish drwa wood; Lithuanian dervà pine-wood; also with Old Irish daur , Welsh derwen oak. The modern English tree is a regular representation of Old English tréo , Middle English treo ; trē is the form in the Bestiary of c1220; but the final prevalence of this over the other Middle English forms treow , trew , trow , trau , was probably assisted by its coincidence with Norse tré ; trē , tree are the northern forms from Cursor Mundi onward. For form-history compare knee n. Signification. 1. the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > [noun] c825 [see forms]. c890 [see forms]. c897 [see forms]. c1000 Ælfric iii. 6 Þæt treow wæs god to etanne. c1175 109 Iliche þan treo þe bereð lef and blosman. c1290 St. Brendan 41 in I. 221 Of treon and herbes, þikke i-novȝ. 1377 W. Langland B. xv. 327 A forest..ful of faire trees. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville xvii. i. (Tollem. MS.) A tre haþ..þe rynde, bowes, twigges, leues, blosmes, floures and frute. 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1970) 27 He brake a rodde of a tree. c1540 (?a1400) 12467 Trees thurgh tempestes tynde hade þere leues. a1550 in R. Dyboski (1908) 128 Hit is a febill tre that fallith at the first strok. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso vii. i. 117 Through forrests thicke among the shadie treene. 1635 W. Laud 1 Dec. Many elm leaves yet upon the trees. 1771 ‘Junius’ (1772) II. lvii. 254 He or his deputy were authorised to cut down..trees. 1861 R. Bentley ii. iii. 540 Cunoniaceæ... Nearly allied to Saxifragaceæ, but differing from them in being trees or shrubs. the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [noun] > shrub or bush c1350 in (1906) 667 If, roser et cenelere, hw, rosetre and hawetre. ?1533 G. Du Wes sig. Di v Gowsbery tre, groiselier. 1640 J. Parkinson xvi. lxix. 1495 Musa arbor. The Indian Figge or Plantaine tree. 1649 Surv. Manor Wimbledon in X. 424 The borders of which grass plots are coran trees. 1697 W. Dampier xi. 316 The Bonano Tree is exactly like the Plantain. 1765 Chron. in 140/2 Some rasberry trees in perfect leaf. 1855 R. Browning i I dream of a red-rose tree. 1858 R. Hogg 790 As a food, the Plantain is wholesome and agreeable. A tree generally contains three or four clusters. 1597 W. Shakespeare iii. vii. 157 The roiall tree hath left vs roiall fruit. View more context for this quotation 1815 W. Wordsworth II. 148 He was a Tree that stood alone, And proudly did its branches wave. society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > articles associated with 1838 H. Martineau III. 182 I was present at the introduction into the new country of..the German Christmas-tree... The tree was the top of a young fir, planted in a tub.] 1851 E. Ruskin Let. 28 Dec. in (1965) ii. 236 They wanted me to come in the evening when the tree was lighted to see the presents all divided. 1945 N. Mitford iii. 23 We got back late for the tree... Uncle Matthew..was struggling into his Father Christmas clothes! 1979 M. McCarthy i. 19 Distribution of presents..and the darned crèche and parish-house tree to set up. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] c890 tr. Bede (1890) ii. xi. [xiv.] 138 He þær hræde geweorce of treo cirican getimbrode. c1122 ann. 626 (Laud) Þær he ær het getimbrian cyrican of treowe. c1290 I. 91/154 In one cheste of treo. c1440 407 A brygge of stone and not of tree. c1503 R. Arnold f. liv/2 Affixed wt nayles of Irne or of tree. 1531 T. Elyot iii. xvii. sig. divv Eatyng his meate in a disshe of tree. 1603 Prophecie of Bertlington in sig. A8 At Aberladie he shal light, With hempin halters and hors of tree. 1638 F. Junius 124 A horse made of maple tree. 1896 R. Kipling Sea-wife in 100 To ride the horse of tree [sc. a ship]. 3. A piece of wood; a stem or branch of a tree, or a portion of one, either in its natural state, or more usually (now always) shaped for some purpose. society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > in form of bar, pole, rod, etc. 971 187 Ond þa æfter þon het Neron gewyrcean mycelne tor of treowum & of mycclum beamum. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 15835 Þatt temmple þatt wass wrohht. Off trewwess & off staness. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 12399 Þe knaue þat þis timber fett..ouer scort he broght a tre. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 238 Schetis..Thai festnyt in steid of baneris Apon lang treis and on speris. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert f. ii The sharebeam is the tre vnderneth, whervpon the share is set. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert f. ii The plogh beame, is the long tre aboue. 1642 in J. Watson (1894) 85 Thrie scoir singill tries, threttie double tries, two hundred daills to be scaffolding and centtries. 1787 Such trees and pipes as are now laid for conveying water from the said spring. 1848 C. Kingsley 4 All night I heard a singing bird Upon the topmast tree. 1887 D. Donaldson Suppl. (at cited word) A straight piece of rough timber used as a pole, lever, prop, or stay, is called a tree; as, a dyer's-tree, a raising-tree or lever for moving a mill-stone. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] c893 tr. Orosius iv. i. §6 Hie namon treowu, & slogon on oþerne ende monige scearpe isene næglas. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 294 Lauerd quod ha to elye..lo ich gedere twa treon. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 12965 His fur he beten a-gon & muchele treowen [c1300 Otho trouwes] læiden on. c1450 (c1400) (1908) 365 She was wax lene as a tre. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 97 A huntyn staff in-till his hand he bar. Thar-with he smat on Willȝham Wallace thair, Bot for his tre litill sonȝhe he maid. 1588 1st Ser. IV. 270 The said Robert Lekky..maliciouslie straik and dang thame with rungis and treis. c1680 (1893) 43 I am a puir silly auld man, And hirplin' ower a tree. 1825 Willie Wallace in P. Buchan 115 He's gone to the West-muir wood, And there he's pull'd a trusty tree. 4. society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > crucifixion > instruments of crucifixion > the cross OE 25 Hwæðre ic þær licgende lange hwile beheold hreowcearig hælendes treow, oððæt ic gehyrde þæt hit hleoðrode. c1275 On Serving Christ 30 in 91 As he for monkunnes neodes don wes on þe treo. 1382 1 Pet. ii. 24 He..suffride, [gloss] or bar, oure synnes in his body on the tree. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds v. 30 The God of oure fadris reyside Jhesu, whom ȝe slowen, hangynge in a tree [1526 Tyndale and hanged on tree]. a1464 J. Capgrave (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 84 A nayle, with whech oure Lord was nayled to þe tre. 1596 R. Cotton sig. B2v Christ,..who did our sinnes and foes to tree fast binde. 1635 E. Pagitt (1636) iii. 52 Helena the Empresse found the Crosse, and adored the King, but not the Tree. 1707 I. Watts ii. 86 Was it for Crimes that I had done He groan'd upon the Tree? 1815 T. Kelly (hymn) 54 He bears our sins upon the tree. society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows c1425 Cast. Persev. 177 in 82 Pyncecras, Parys, & longe Pygmayne, And euery toun in Trage, euyn to þe dreye tre. a1513 W. Dunbar (1998) I. 148 Sum..nevir fra taking can hald his hand, Quhill he be tit vp to ane tre. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) xviii. 49 Not lettynge for fere of any deth, though it be to go to the dry tre. 1535 Esther vi. A To hange Mardocheus on ye tre, yt he had prepared for him. 1609 B. Jonson ad init. From the dungeon, from the tree That they die on, here are we [witches]! a1704 T. Brown Satire upon Quack in (1720) I. 70 Though 'twas thy Luck to cheat the fatal Tree. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii*, in 2nd Ser. I. 87 The area of the Grassmarket..in the centre of which arose the fatal tree, tall, black, and ominous, from which dangled the deadly halter. 1847 C. Kingsley x And when I'm taen and hangit,..ye'll steal me frae the tree. 5. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > shaft of spear society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > shaft of arrow society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > joust or tilt [verb (intransitive)] society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle ?a1366 948 Ten brode arowis hilde he there,..But iren was ther noon ne stelle, For al was golde,..Outake the fetheres & the tree. c1400 12697 He was wounded with a spere..Hede & tre lefft bothe In him. a1600 A. Montgomerie xlix. 24 We dout not bot they [thy knights] dar..be bold to brek a tre. 1611 R. Cotgrave Abrier d'Arbeleste, the tree of a Crossebow. 1765 3 240 The person should have a spade..about four inches broad, and eighteen inches long in the bit,..with a tree in it of three feet six inches long. 1881 S. Evans (new ed.) Tree, a wooden handle or stail. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xiv. 1 Another thenkende to seilen,..the tree berende hym. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil ii. i. 60 In this tree ar Grekis closit. 1535 Wisd. x. 4 Whan ye water destroyed ye whole worlde, wyszdome preserued the righteous thorow a poore tre. 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe iv. iv Here's Aeneas' tackling, oars, and sails... Oh, cursed tree, hadst thou but wit or sense, To measure how I prize Aeneas' love. the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor 1513 in J. B. Paul (1902) IV. 487 Item to hir in aile, full to seywart xxiiij last and a barrell,..ilk barrell contenand xij gallonis, price of the galloune xx d; summa of the last with the tree..xiij li. viij s. 1532 in J. B. Paul (1905) VI. 156 xij ½ barrellis of aill, ilk barrell contenand v gallonis... Item, for xij treis to put the samyn intill, for ilk tree xviij d. 1656 T. Tucker (Bannatyne Club) 10 The Scots use noe certaine vessells, but such as by a generall terme they call Trees,..some holding more or lesse gallons the tree. a1814 J. Ramsay (1888) II. viii. 78 The scourging a nine-gallon tree..consisted in drawing the spigot of a barrel of ale, and never quitting it..till it was drunk out. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle > parts of saddle 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius (1858) III. 300 Ane hors he fand..Without saidill, curpall, tre, or brydill. 1591 R. Greene sig. A2 His saddle is made without any tree. 1665 T. Herbert (new ed.) 314 Saddles of the better sort are usually of Velvet;..the trees are curiously painted. 1737 H. Bracken xli. 559 If the Saddle be too narrow in the Tree. 1862 II. No. 4721 Elliptical spring-seat saddle, and tree showing action of spring. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > last 1541 in F. Collins (1902) I. 35 ij paire of boytte treys. 1596 T. Nashe sig. C2 Rayse thy conceipt on the trees, or..new corke it at the heeles, before it should thus walke bare-foote. 1766 T. H. Croker et al. Boot-Tree, or Boot-Last, is a wooden cylinder slit into two parts, between which, when it is put into the boot, they drive..a wedge. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Nov. As I was polishing on the trees a pair of boots. 1891 R. Kipling viii. 144 As Dick..busied himself among the former's boots and trees. 6. Something resembling a tree with its branches. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > genealogy as study > [noun] > genealogical record > tree, diagram, etc. 1297 (Rolls) 7255 Þo smot uerst þis tre aȝen to is kunde more [i.e. natural root]. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 1625 Bot first a tre,..I sal sette hire [Trin. Cambr. here] of adam kin. 1693 G. Stepney tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal viii. 147 Vain are their Hopes, who fancy to inherit By Trees of Pedigrees, or Fame, or Merit. 1782 H. Walpole (ed. 3) V. 303 Two genealogic trees. 1825 T. Hook 2nd Ser. II. 179 A more honourable tree does not flourish in the archives of heraldry than ours. 1858 M. Arnold 865 So dies the last shoot of our royal tree! the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [noun] > object or figure branched like tree the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal habit > [noun] > tree-like the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > [noun] the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > diagram > tree diagram the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Holothurioidea > member of (sea-cucumber) > parts of > branched respiratory organ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others society > occupation and work > equipment > oil and natural gas recovery equipment > [noun] > control centre with branches the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > [noun] > study or science of > diagram representing structure 1706 (new ed.) Diana's Tree..whereby a Mixture of Silver, Quick-silver and Spirit of Nitre may be Crystallized in shape of a Tree, with little Balls at the end of its Branches representing Fruit. 1843 R. J. Graves xxx. 396 A certain portion of the extreme branches of the nervous tree. 1844 G. Fownes 199 The common..experiment of the lead tree. 1857 A. Cayley (1890) III. 242 On the Theory of the analytical Forms called Trees. 1865–8 H. Watts III. 478 By the electro-chemical action of zinc in a solution of acetate of lead, it is deposited in an arborescent form, known under the name of Saturn's Tree. 1870 G. Rolleston Introd. 145 In the Holothurioidea these coeca take a great development, and are known as the ‘lungs’ or ‘respiratory trees’. 1870 G. Rolleston Introd. 149 The left respiratory tree. 1879 Unif. Reg. in July (1882) 497/1 Tree of trimming braid at top of back. 1881 4 266 In a tree of N knots, selecting any knot at pleasure as a root, the tree may be regarded as springing from this root, and it is then called a root-tree. 1930 T. S. Eliot tr. ‘St.-J. Perse’ 59 You shall see me for long time unspeaking under the female tree of my veins. 1952 J. W. Clegg in Sellors & Livingstone I. v. 83 Acute tuberculous cavitation results from the liquefaction of a mass of caseous tissue and the expectoration of the debris through the bronchial tree. 1954 11 Jan. 3/2 (advt.) These trees of steel, with their long metal roots extending thousands of feet into the earth, are actually assemblies of valves and fittings which control the flow of oil from reservoirs. Oilmen call them ‘trees’ or ‘Christmas trees’ because of the many unusual patterns and designs obtained when this wellhead equipment is put together to control wells of various kinds, varying pressures, and unique producing characteristics. 1958 W. H. Burge in I. 183 The tree used is a hierarchical network with a finite number of points arranged in levels. 1959 Suppl. XIII. 499 The restriction on the number of symbols that can be rewritten in a single rule guarantees that given a terminal string..it will be possible to discover the associated tree or trees. 1972 7 5 With the use of a light gun the linguist can select from alternative expansions in phrase structure trees. 1973 C. W. Gear vii. 294 If it is necessary to trace through a tree in order frequently, it is worth storing the trace path. 1976 21 129 The psychological reality of aspects of deep structure and surface structure trees is open to interpretation in several respects. 1976 Mar. 6/3 Shell Expro is going ahead with subsea completion of a stepout well on the Brent field this summer and will be using one of the most sophisticated underwater trees in the world... The tree is described as ‘wet, diverless’, and flowline connection can be carried out from a rig or a drillship. 1977 4 June 1187/1 Angiography has made it possible to assess with reasonable confidence the state of the cerebral vascular tree. 1977 6 Aug. 278/1 After cholecystectomy for gallstones, it is not unusual for a stone to be left behind in the biliary tree. 1978 24 Aug. 745/1 The amount of work involved in searching a tree of moves is BD, where B (the branching factor) is the average number of alternatives throughout the tree, and D is the depth of search. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [adjective] > made or constructed of wood a1400 (a1325) (Fairf. 14) l. 21048 Of tree wandis golde he wroȝt. a1400 (a1325) (Fairf. 14) l. 12389 Tree [Vesp. treen, Gött. trein] beddis coude he make. 1402–3 in J. T. Fowler (1898) I. 217 1 stanetrogh et 1 tretrogh. 1520 iv. f. 37/1 In olde tyme the consecracyon..was made in tree vessell. 1587–8 in J. D. Marwick (1882) IV. 515 To caus mak ane pair of trey buits. 1599 in G. J. Piccope (1861) III. 10 All other tree vessell whatsoever. 1640 R. Baillie v. 77 Their very tree-shoone. 1750 in (1778) App. 361 A cripple with a tree leg. 1881 S. Evans (new ed.) A ‘tree leg’ is a wooden leg. Compounds C1. a. General attributive (= ‘of a tree or trees’). 1904 W. B. Spencer & F. J. Gillen xvii. 527 A visit to the tree grave. the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > bark 1910 A. C. Haddon 74 Men still wear the tree-bark loincloth and the women a tree-bark wrapper. the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > belt or line of trees 1962 E. Snow (1963) lxvi. 502 Another tree belt had been more than half planted over a length of 720 miles. the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > tree-crop 1943 J. S. Huxley 102 An unusual line of TVA research concerns the development of so-called tree-crops. 1958 22 Aug. 12/4 Tree-crops, small fruits, grains, seeds, and livestock are the main farming interests. the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stem, trunk, or bole > base of 1855 C. Kingsley (1868) iii. 32 Round the tree-foot was coiled the dragon. the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > fork 1922 J. Joyce ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 185 A runaway in blighted treeforks from hue and cry. 1946 D. Thomas 22 A she bird sleeping..Within the nested treefork. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [noun] > fruit by type of growth 1704 J. Pitts vii. 66 They have but little Tree-Fruit. 1946 2 Nov. 605/1 I presented the fundamental and elementary culture of the Mediterranean based on a combination of cereal agriculture and tree-fruit crops. 1970 D. Waterfield i. 8 A family could make a living off ten acres by growing tree-fruits. 1917 XXIV. 732 (caption) Comparison of 43 years of rainfall and tree growth. 1956 21 Jan. 124/1 The variety and abundance of insect life as a whole rapidly fall off beyond the limits of tree-growth. the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > [noun] > collectively 1898 Jan. 122 The tree-life of Western Greenland. 1905 A. R. Wallace II. 153 The gardens, the greenhouses, the tree-nursery. 1864 H. Woodward in V. 181 Piece of a Vase ornamented with a tree pattern. c1440 488 He sett hym down at a tre-rute in þe son to comfurth hym. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien i. iii. 87 As silent as tree shadows. 1871 C. Kingsley xi We were aware, between the tree-stems, of a green misty gulf. 1857 T. Moore (ed. 3) 56 A decaying mossy tree-stump. 1894 H. Nisbet 200 There..sat the chief..with his back against a tree-trunk. 1914 Munro viii. 185 Only two or three..tree-trunk coffins have been found in Britain. b. Objective. (a) the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > enchanter > specific types of 1788 W. Cowper xi The tree-enchanter Orpheus. 1837 8 Apr. 87/1 Such is the condition and character of the lumberers or tree-fellers. 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Eclogs i. 3 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil The treelopper..Shall chaunt and sing. 1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in 28 Oct. 267 Experienced tree-planters. (b) the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > felling trees 1759 Sept. 178 Why, for example, should we be so complaisant to the French, as to use their terms of carcasse,..abbattement.., and coup de main; when we can say fire-ball,..tree-felling,..and bold stroke? 1849 J. Forbes i They..indulge in farming, gardening, tree-felling. 1871 C. Darwin (1890) ii. xvi. 489 Tree-haunting birds. 1885 R. Bridges vi. xiv. 71 The great hill-haunting and tree-loving Pan. the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > planting trees or afforestation 1872 in (1902) XXXI. 112/2 Resolved that Wednesday, the 10th day of April 1872, be..set apart..for tree-planting in the state of Nebraska, and the State Board of Agriculture hereby name it Arbor Day. 1902 XXXII. 731/2 In order to encourage tree-planting [in S. Australia], a yearly school holiday devoted to this purpose, and known as Arbor Day, was established in 1886. a1974 R. Crossman (1975) I. 67 Today I was busy with Pritchett about tree-planting on the bends of the Cherwell between Upper Prescote and Prescote. 1980 P. Lively vii. 90 He..had refused to contribute to the Tree Planting Fund. 1912 E. Pound 37 In streams and tree-shadowing Forests on hill slopes. c. Instrumental. c1857 J. R. Lowell (1896) 21 A parson's son, through tree-arched country ways, I rode. 1936 W. Faulkner ix. 365 They walked up the rutted tree-arched drive. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge iv, in 9 Jan. 42/2 From the centre of each side of this tree-bound square ran avenues. 1951 L. MacNeice tr. J. W. von Goethe ii. 202 Through a great plain Peneios freely takes His bush-bound, tree-bound course through quiet lakes. the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded 1836–48 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes i. iv Fly to the tops of the tree-clad mountains! the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > enclosed > in or as in other specific enclosure or receptacle 1866 C. Kingsley II. xi. 188 Swaffham, Quy, and Waterbeach, and the rest of the tree-embowered hamlets which fringed the fen. 1601 J. Weever sig. Evij Tree-garnisht Cambriaes loftie mountaines. 1812 W. Tennant ii. xxxiii. 38 All the tree-girt country-seats. 1846 J. G. Whittier (1849) 321 Ghosts of old Beliefs still flit and moan..O'er tree-grown barrow and gray ring of stone. 1978 5 Mar. (Parade Suppl.) 15/3 Tree-grown cherries..demand years of tender care. 1927 J. Elder xii. 118 Leafy backwaters, sunny fields, and tree-hung banks to suit all tastes. 1981 11 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 23/2 There is a little, tree-hung, irregular village square with an island of greenery at its hub. 1910 Apr. 1123 (advt.) The smartest bijou hotel in London... Situate in wide tree-lined thoroughfare. 1978 R. Ludlum xi. 130 He..drove rapidly through the peaceful, tree-lined suburban area. 1844 E. B. Browning iii A little wood..As it climbeth..Sideway from the tree-locked valley. 1879 C. M. Yonge III. xl. 904 The broad tree-planted streets of the old Quaker city. 1962 E. Snow (1963) lxx. 539 Strolling down a tree-planted street of new apartment houses I chose one to enter. 1951 S. Spender ii. 39 I used to go for long walks and bicycle rides into the hilly, tree-scattered, river-winding countryside. 1923 R. Kipling II. 163 A close and blind land of woods, copses, farms, mills and tree-screened roads. 1870 W. Morris 385 Like to a tree-set garden. 1909 20 Oct. 4/1 Matthew Arnold's tree-shaded grave lies to the south-east of the church. 1958 O. Caroe xvii. 285 A place he loved, covered with green turf, tree-shaded beside the broad stream. 1952 S. Spender ix. 117 Ben Shemen is a charming, tree-shadowed place. 1854 H. Miller (1858) xxiii. 499 A tree-skirted glade. 1915 W. B. Yeats ii. 16 Next to Merville where I lived, was another tree-surrounded house. 1925 A. Huxley ii. v. 125 Round as a fruit, tree-tangled, shines The moon. 1886 W. B. Yeats 3 Whose dwelling was a tree-wrapt island. d. Locative. (a) society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > tree-dweller 1894 June 69 Such is the name of the tree-dweller. (b) 1908 H. H. Johnston II. xxi. 507 These tree-dwelling Pygmies. the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > herbivorous > feeding off trees 1853 11 4035 Instances of tree-feeding species. e. Similative, etc. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso xi. xxxvii. 202 With dreadfull hornes of iron tought tree-great. 1630 tr. G. Botero (rev. ed.) 7 The hollow truncks of most tree-like canes being full of water. 1776 W. Withering (1796) II. 316 Stem tree-like. C2. Special combinations. a. In names of plants, usually denoting species or varieties that grow to the stature or in the form of a tree, sometimes those that grow on trees. See also tree-celandine n. at celandine n. 3, tree violet n. at violet n.1 Compounds 1a, tree willow n. at willow n. Compounds 1, tree wormwood n. at wormwood n. 1b. (a) 1786 J. Abercrombie 115 India pink, mignonette,..tree-amaranthus. 1829 S. Glover I. 199 The ten-thousand-headed cabbage, or tree cabbage. 1712 J. Petiver in (Royal Soc.) 27 420 Hermans round-leaved Cape Tree Cranes-bill. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of tropical America > mamee-tree 1905 16 Jan. 4/4 The mummy-apple, a delicate tree-melon. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Solanaceae (nightshade and allies) > [noun] 1597 J. Gerard ii. 289 This rare and pleasaunt plant [sc. Solanum arborescens], called tree Nightshade, is taken of some to be a kinde of Ginnie pepper, but not rightly. 1884 Feb. 84/1 The tree-pea, a shrub bearing pods very similar to those familiar to us all. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > evening primrose and allied flowers 1629 J. Parkinson 264 The tree Primrose of Virginia. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau xix. 263 Tree Primrose, a Virginian plant... The corol is of a fine yellow, shut during the day, but expanding in the evening; whence some call it Nightly Primrose. 1848 tr. W. Hoffmeister iv. 181 A forest of magnificent Tree-Rhododendrons. (b) See also tree-creeper n. 2, tree-fern n., tree-moss n., tree-trefoil n.the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > azaleas or rhododendrons 1884 W. Miller Azalea arborescens, Smooth Azalea, Tree Azalea. the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > Spanish moss 1861 R. Bentley ii. iii. 675 Tillandsia usneoides is commonly called Tree-beard or Old Man's Beard, from the..mass of dark coloured fibres, which hang from the trees in South America. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > box-tree or shrub > [noun] 1731 P. Miller I. s.v. Buxus. All the Varieties of the Tree or large Box are proper to intermix in Clumps of Ever-greens. 1785 G. Washington 13 Apr. (1925) II. 360 12 Horse Chestnut Trees..and an equal number of cuttings of the Tree Box. 1858 J. A. Warder ii. 240 Where a moderate or low hedge is needed,..nothing can be better than the Tree-box. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > rubber trees or plants > [noun] > landolphia plants 1864 J. A. Grant 339 A tree-climber (Landolphia florida?) lay with its trunk winding like a huge snake. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > cotton-plant > types of 1884 406 Upper Egypt,..where we know the tree-cotton to be wild. 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 > cranberry bush 1868 B. J. Lossing (new ed.) 35 Here and there among the rocks..the tree-cranberry appeared. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > evergreens 1926 J. C. Andersen in 56 702/2 Olearia: daisy tree, daisy-tree, tree-daisy. 1958 L. Cockayne & E. P. Turner (ed. 4) 142 Weeping tree daisy..common in Central Otago. 1906 R. M. Laing & E. W. Blackwell 294 (heading) Fuchsia excorticata (the tree fuchsia). 1910 L. Cockayne iii. 29 The tree-fuchsia..offers a transition to the scrambling habit. 1970 Feb. 35/3 Below the platform a minute sunbird with iridescent blue plumage hovered before the crimson blooms of a tree-fuchsia. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > germander plants 1597 J. Gerard ii. 532 Of Tree Germander. the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [noun] > other lichens 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore II. 1161 Tree-hair, a name sometimes given to the dark wiry pendulous entangled masses of a lichen, Cornicularia jubata,..not uncommon on trees in sub-alpine woods. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore II. 1197 The species [of Usnea]..are often called Tree Moss or Tree Hair. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > white heath tree or root 1777 Hunter in (Royal Soc.) 68 40 The erica arborea or Tree-heath, a native of Spain and Portugal. 1907 July 98/2 The big tree-heaths begin about 9500 ft. 1611 R. Cotgrave Ioubarbe arborée, Tree Housleeke..Ioubarbe marine, Sea Housleek, Sea Aygreen, hearb Aloes. 1756 J. Hill 41/1 This is not impropely distinguished by the name of tree houseleek. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore I. 23/2 Æonium arboreum is well known to gardeners as the tree houseleek; its loose panicles, with a profusion of clammy yellow blossoms, are very elegant. 2002 (Taunton Press) 153 Aeonium arboreum ‘Schwarzkopf’ (black tree houseleek). the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > other non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] 1891 at Vellozia Tree-lily. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > broom and allies > [noun] 1933 14 June 25/1 Tree lucerne is very hardy and easily grown from seed. 1965 V. 383/1 The white-flowered tagasaste of Teneriffe (Cytisus proliferus), which is a very large broom, is often known in Australia as tree lucerne, a name strictly applicable to the yellow-flowered bush Medicago arborea. 1981 Spring 53/1 Weather conditions could influence the situation, as too could the presence of tree lucerne near-by. the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [noun] > lungwort or lungs of oak 1597 J. Gerard iii. 1377 Lichen arborum. Tree Lungwoort. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers > lupins 1882 3 June 381/1 The Tree Lupine..bears a profusion of yellow flowers. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > hibiscus or mallow trees or shrubs and allies > [noun] > tree mallow 1597 J. Gerard ii. 788 Althæa arborescens. Tree Mallowe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Maulve grande, the great Mallow, or tree Mallow. 1754 Catal. Seeds in (Spalding Club) 427 Tree-mallow, a shrub. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore II. 665/1 L[avatera] arborea, the Sea or Tree Mallow, is a common south-west European plant. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > tree-trefoil the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant > tree-trefoil 1884 W. Miller Medicago arborea, Moon-Trefoil, Tree-Medick. 1817 3 227 Resada odorata. β. suffrutescens. Tree-Mignonette. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > other ornamental trees or shrubs 1811 W. T. Aiton (ed. 2) III. 315 Chinese Tree Pæony. Moutan. Nat[ive] of China. 1842 J. Aiton (1857) 287 The laburnums,..the dwarf almond on the verge of the walks, and the tree-peony. 1880 XII. 258/1 The Moutans or Tree Pæonies are remarkable for their sub-shrubby habit, forming vigorous plants sometimes attaining a height of 6 to 8 feet. 1962 I. Murdoch i. 44 The more intense evening light against a long bed of yuccas and tree peonies. 1980 R. Grounds xxiii. 133 As many as 3,000 flowers have been counted on a tree peony. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > American or West Indian 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore I. 392 Dendromecon, literally Tree Poppy, is a most appropriate name, the plant having all the aspect and character of the poppy tribe, combined with a woody stem and branches. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > African trees or shrubs > [noun] > other African trees or shrubs 1882 22 July 73/3 The tree Purslane..is a loose, rambling plant. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [noun] > tomato > tree tomato the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > tomato > tree tomato the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > tomato > tree tomato > tree tomato plant 1836 10 Apr. 2/3 Wheat from Dr. Hamilton, of Plymouth, the tree tomato, turnips, cucumbers, onions, the agave Americana, and the Pandanus Odoratissimus, were the prize productions. 1884 21 510 Tree Tomato. This is the popular name of a fruit naturalized in Jamaica... It answers in every respect the purposes for which the ordinary Tomato is esteemed. 1944 ii. 40 Tree-tomatoes will be found as garden-escapees. 1959 8 May 22/3 Tree Tomato Sauce. Eight pounds tree tomatoes, 2 large onions, [etc.]. 1976 K. Thackeray v. 91 A separate table bore..tree tomatoes, portions of yellow jackfruit and chilled mountain paw-paw. 2012 (Nexis) 30 June (News Suppl. section) 2 A tree tomato crop is looking as healthy just behind the house. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies > sorrel 1753 Suppl. at Sorrel The roundish-leaved tree-sorrel. the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > other weeds 1895 28 Aug. 5/4 A very undesirable weed from the Argentine is spreading in the Canary Islands. This is the Tree-tobacco... It is a troublesome pest in New South Wales and Victoria, where it is regarded as poisonous to cattle and horses. b. In names of animals living in or on or frequenting trees. See also tree kangaroo n. at kangaroo n. 2, tree-pipit see pipit n., tree-shrike see shrike n.2, tree squirrel n. at Compounds 2b(b), tree swallow n. at swallow n.1 Compounds 1, tree-swift see swift n.2 2a, tree-wasp see wasp n.1 1. (a) the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > that live in or frequent trees 1899 F. V. Kirby xv. 163 A colony of those terrible insects, the red tree-ants. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 612 He admires the..Contrivance of the Honeycomb, and particularly the Tree-Bee. 1748 H. Baker in (Royal Soc.) 44 578 The Tree-Beetle, or blind Beetle, vulgarly in Norfolk called the Dor. ?1703 J. Petiver II. 29 The great Brown-Tree-Chaffer. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence (1818) II. xxiii. 321 The less savage but equally destructive tree-chafers (Melolonthæ). 1872 E. Coues 45 The crural feathers are..sometimes long and flowing, as in..our tree-cuckoos. 1668 W. Charleton 66 Falco Arborarius,..the tree-Falcon. 1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom ii. 40 The tree-leeches, so plentiful in forests..in Lower Burma, are a sad drawback to the pleasures of sport. 1844 2 508 Chaffinch, ‘Tree-lintie’. the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > monkey > arboreal 1893 22 109/2 Swarms of tree-monkeys congregate in chattering throngs. the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > miscellaneous members 1864 J. A. Grant 93 The..tree-partridge resembles the painted one of India, has yellow legs, beautiful plumage, and weighs about a pound. 1895 W. R. O. Grant in R. Lydekker IV. 413 The common tree-partridge (A[rboricola] torqueolus) ranging to an elevation of fourteen thousand feet. (b) See also tree-creeper n. 1, tree-frog n., tree-goose n., tree sparrow n., tree-toad n., tree-worm n.the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Procyonidae (raccoons) > [noun] > genus Procyon (raccoon) 1891 Tree-bear. 1902 31 May 2/1 Joe produced from the recesses of his loose blouse a baby tree-bear and a handful of gum leaves. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > unspecified types > that feeds on plants 1842 J. C. Loudon 108 Besides the above-mentioned Ichneumonidæ, ants, field or tree bugs, and many sorts of spiders, contribute..to the extirpation of various insects. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Charaxes > member of 1869 R. Trimen in R. Noble 99 One of these tree-butterflies, massive of thorax and broad and rigid of wing. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > family Viverridae > [noun] > genus Paradoxurus (palm-civet) the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Martes (marten) > martes pennanti (fisher) 1885 W. T. Hornaday vii. 70 It proved to be a tree-cat (Paradoxurus musanga). 1894 R. Lydekker I. 457 The palm-civets, tree-cats, or toddy-cats, as they are indifferently called. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Orthoptera > family Gryllidae > member of (cricket) > member of genus Cecanthus 1859 VI. 63/1 They form the genus œcanthus, and are called tree or climbing crickets. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > other types of 1879 E. P. Wright 246 Of the Tree Crows we can only mention—The Benteot (Crypsirhina varia) of Java. the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of 1824 J. F. Stephens XII. ii. 98 Tree Duck..inhabits the West India islands and the adjacent continent... It is said to make a whistling..noise, and to build its nest in trees. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > genus Passer > passer montanus (tree sparrow) 1783 J. Latham II. 252 Tree Finch..is observed always to build on trees, and not in buildings like the House Sparrow. the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Scorpaenidae (scorpion-fishes) > sebastes or sebastichthys 1888 G. B. Goode 263 Sebastichthys serriceps,..known as the ‘Tree-fish’, an appellation originating with the Portuguese..and without obvious application. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > member of family Xylophagidae 1834 3 357/3 Much wood..during warm and summer months, raining down great store of tree-flies. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Martes (marten) > martes pennanti (fisher) 1904 P. Fountain x. 104 The tree-fox, or tree-cat, of the trappers..is Mustela pennanti, often called the fish-marten. the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Phoeniculidae (wood hoopoe) 1873 III. 15 The Tree Hoopoes (Irrisor) inhabit the forests of Africa... [They] pass their lives exclusively upon trees. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae 1836–9 II. 868/2 The..tree-hoppers..approach to the Terebrantia. 1850 P. H. Gosse vii. 250 Probably tree-hoppers, Cicadæ, are meant. 1920 Jan. 110/1 A patch of tree-jhow. 1928 31 July 4 A tree-lemur or ‘bush-baby’. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Aphis 1797 3 454/2 Bonnet..applied himself..to collecting..his experiments and observations concerning the tree-louse and the worm. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Sittidae > genus Sitta > sitta carolinensis (white breasted nuthatch) the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Mus or mouse > of particular form, habits, or habitat 1897 ‘N. Blanchan’ 84 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)... Called also Tree-mouse. 1904 Oct. 472 The tree-mice and the veldt-rats. the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > that grows in particular place or way 1768 J. Ellis in (Royal Soc.) 57 432 The Tree Oyster, and the Slipper Barnicle. 1901 28 Sept. 5/2 Proposal for increasing and improving the cultivation of tree-oysters. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > faimily Erethizontidae > genus Coendu (tree porcupine) 1871 C. Kingsley v The Tree Porcupine, or Coendou,..climbs trees after leaves, and swings about like the monkeys. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Capromyidae (hutia) 1885 W. T. Hornaday xv. 171 Two tree-rats (Mus rufescens) used to come into my hut from the jungle. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Sittidae > genus Neositta (sittella) 1901 A. J. Campbell I. 337 The true home of the Orange-winged Sittella or Tree Runner is Eastern Australia. 1964 A. L. Thomson 545/2 The so-called ‘treerunners’ or ‘sitellas’ are widely distributed in Australia. the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > that lives in woods or trees the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of subfamily Dipsadidae 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb II. 163 The Tree-Serpent is so call'd on account of her being seen mostly in trees. 1866 R. Owen I. iv. 327 Some nocturnal Tree-Snakes..have a prolonged snout. the world > animals > mammals > order Scandentia (tree-shrews) > [noun] > genus Tupaia (tree-shrew) 1893 R. Lydekker I. 312 With the tree-shrews, or tupaias, we come to the first family of the true Insectivores. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > member of (spider) > unspecified type > that lives on trees 1904 W. H. Hudson ii. 33 The shaft reveals a tangle of shining silver threads—the web of some large tree-spider. 1910 W. de la Mare iii. 45 They sat and ate..with scorpions and speckled tree-spiders watching them. 1934 A. Russell xxxviii. 249 So strong and thickly-woven are the webs of the Central Australian tree or orchid spider that small birds are often caught in them. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus sciurus (tree squirrel) 1822 J. Woods 193 Tree-squirrels are of two or more sorts, and are eaten here. 1872 614/1 Dennis climbs like a tree squirrel. 1968 XXXVIII. 31 (title) The adaptive nature of social organisation in the genus of tree squirrels Tamiasciurus. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > miscellaneous types of 1881 H. Seebohm V. 78 The Icterine Tree-Warbler breeds in Central and Northern Europe, from the Atlantic to the Ural Mountains, extending northwards as far as the Arctic circle. c. Other Special combinations. 1905 25 Tree analysis, a series of measurements and observations upon a felled tree to determine its growth and life history. 1921 (1927) § 498 Tree bender; bends shafts or handles for scythes, shovels, etc., by placing in steam chamber [etc.] the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > protective grating or frame for tree 1876 ‘M. Twain’ ii. 27 [Tom] sat down on the tree-box discouraged. 1896 J. C. Harris 157 Whittling away with his pocket-knife on the tree-box, against which he was leaning. the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch 1851 M. Reid I. x. 131 We see..the primitive plough of the forking tree-branch, scarcely scoring the soil. 1908 Dec. 861 The ‘Tree-branch’ striations occasionally seen in skiagrams of tuberculous lungs. 1908 Dec. 861 ‘Tree-branch’ arborescence only occurs in tuberculous patients. society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > bridge of specific materials society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > bridge formed by fallen tree 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1888) I. 276 Thay..casting doune the trie brig,..erected a fayre stane brig. 1805 T. E. White 20 July (1904) 26 I..cross'd the creek on a tree bridge an came through the woods. 1839 P. J. Bailey 337 To dare the broken tree-bridge across the stream. the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > types of burial or entombment > [noun] > burial in specific place the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > types of burial or entombment > [noun] > burial in specific type of tomb 1901 2 Apr. 309 In the States of Patalung and Singgora..the Siamese practise a form of tree-burial. society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [noun] 1879 (new ed.) IV. 89 A third style of ornamentation is called tree-calf. 1895 J. W. Zaehnsdorf 28 Tree Calf.—Bright brown calf stained with acids in conventional imitation of the branches of a tree. 1890 L. C. D'Oyle 44 I filed on the north-west quarter of 10 as a ‘homestead’, and the north-east quarter as a ‘tree-claim’. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Certhiidae the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Certhiidae > certhia familiaris (tree-creeper) the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Anabantoidei > genus Anabas > member of (tree-climber) 1879 R. Jefferies 175 If you sit down on the elm butt..and watch quietly, before long the little tree-climber will come. 1885 C. F. Holder 36 The tree-climber (Anabas scandens) one of which he had..captured. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Certhiidae 1885 C. Swainson 57 Tree Creeper..Tree clipper (Oxon). the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin > coffin made of hollowed tree-trunk 1877 W. Greenwell 32 (note) Stowborough, Dorsetshire, where a body was discovered in 1767, in a tree-coffin. the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > tree-top c1425 St. Christina x, in VIII. 123/21 She was constreyned to flee into tree-coppys or touris, or in to oþere summe hygh þinges. the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > order Campanulariae > member of family Sertulariidae 1871 June 28 On the confines of this channel may be seen in clear water a perfect forest of coral—tree-coral, we call it, on account of its great size. 1915 E. R. Lankester 11 Great tree-coral of these waters—the Paragorgia. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > swingle-tree > parts or attachments of 1877 E. H. Knight Tree-coupling, a piece uniting a single to a double tree. the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > tree-top 14.. Childh. Jesus 644 in Horstm. (1878) 120 Alle þe chyldron..In to þe tre-croppe hem toke. 1578 J. Rolland 66 The hird was sair feirit..That the tre crop he suld gar turne dounwart. society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of trees 1871 E. B. Tylor II. xv. 202 The whole tree-cultus of the world must by no means be thrown indiscriminately into the one category. 1905 E. Clodd xiv. 74 In such customs and beliefs..are the materials of the manifold tree-cults. the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > tree as the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > of specific things > of tree 1911 XXVII. 237/1 The powers of the tree-deities. the mind > language > a language > [noun] > family of languages > diagram representing the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > [noun] > study or science of > diagram representing structure 1965 N. Chomsky i. 14 A tree-diagram of a sentence. 1978 54 15 In a tree diagram, only the configuration of nodes matters, not the length of branches and sub-branches. the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > root-pruning > implement for 1877 E. H. Knight Tree-digger, a kind of double plow employed in nurseries for cutting off the roots of trees which have been planted in rows. 1921 XII. 455/2 Tree-divination was practised by the Ainus. the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > tree surgery > tree surgeon 1776 tr. Béardé de l'Abbaye vi. 37 There was a person, who assumed the title of Tree doctor. 1908 5 Dec. 15/1 The services of the tree doctor are needed. 1976 ‘M. Albrand’ xx. 115 The tree doctor..took a look at the willow. society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > other drums 1850 G. Cupples Green Hand viii, in Feb. 212/1 I could make out the hollow booming of the African tree-drum. the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] 1941 9 Nov. 13/2 Instead of reseeding sketchily over immense areas, the industry is laying out ‘tree farms’. 1973 P. A. Whitney xii. 231 He told me..about the controlled growth..on a tree farm. 1984 23 Jan. 78/3 Tree farms [in China] have also begun to experience problems with theft. the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > forester 1942 40 596/2 Tree farmers..should be eligible for the same..treatment as other farmers. the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] 1942 40 596/2 Tree farming appears to be off to a good start. 1962 1 Jan. 6/4 The normal clear-fell and replant industrial or ‘tree-farming’ systems of forestry. 1973 P. A. Whitney ii. 21 Julian had gone into tree farming. the world > animals > by eating habits > [noun] > herbivore > that feeds on trees 1914 Jan. 75/1 A species of rhinoceros..was particularly a tree-feeder. 1953 N. Tinbergen vii. 66 Great Tits..being tree-feeders, they do not peck at the ground. the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > tree as the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > of specific things > of tree 1905 W. E. Geil v. 66 Their tree-god, hideous and ridiculous. 1911 S. A. Cooke in XXVII. 237/2 (note) An African tree-god with priests and ‘wives’. the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > tree as the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > of specific things > of tree 1895 A. J. Evans in Mar. 21 A Tree-Goddess akin to the Dryads of old. the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun] > other syrups 1626 F. Bacon §848 It seemeth that there was, in old time, Tree-Honey, as well as Bee-Honey. society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > playhouse society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > other types of house 1867 J. C. Patteson in C. M. Yonge (1874) II. xi. 275 I am high and dry, and have..a broad ladder—up to my house. The Mahaga lads and I call it my tree-house. 1901 6 518/1 A New Guinea tree-house. 1908 19 Mar. 6/6 A large store of ammunition in the shape of heavy stones is kept in the tree-houses, and is dropped with skill and discrimination upon the heads of..raiders. 1949 A. Wilson 128 Go see if she's in the Tree House... It's a kind of funny old place she and Hamish made when they were kids. 1979 R. Jaffe i. iv. 40 She couldn't go up in the tree house anymore. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > swingle-tree > parts or attachments of 1877 E. H. Knight Tree-irons, the irons connecting single to double trees, or the latter to the tongue of the vehicle. Also the hooks or clips by which the traces are attached. the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker) 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. x. xxix There be no wood-pecks or tree-jobbers. the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > prosthesis or spare part > [adjective] > having artificial leg 1838 J. Ballantine in 1st Ser. (ed. 2) 87 Ilk tree-legg'd man, ilk club-taed laddie. 1844 G. Greenwood (title) The Tree-lifter; or, a new method of transplanting Forest Trees. the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > biogeographical zone > boundary the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > range > tree-limit the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > enclosed land or field > field systems > border or boundary of field 1934 June 167/1 They extend well above the local tree-limit. 1953 D. A. Bannerman I. 209 The typical Swedish race..and the west European race..have a very wide distribution on the continent of Europe, where their combined range extends north to the tree-limit. the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > relief > altitude the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > belt or line of trees the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > range > tree-limit 1893 Aug. 346/1 We struck the tree-line again in the immense ravine between them. 1903 R. Kipling 53 I camped above the tree-line—drifted snow and naked boulders. 1905 2 Sept. 2/3 Now we are high up, above the tree-line. 1936 F. Clune xiv. 123 The trail..wended down the Barwon, branching off at the various blazed tree-lines to the numerous creeks where they settled. 1977 D. Harsent 23 In single file the women left the treeline, a flicker at the corner of his eye. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle- or harness-making > saddler or harness-maker 1828 23 103 In making saddles..the trees of them are occasionally leaded by a tree-maker. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > tree-dweller 1904 Apr. 348 The horrible little tree-men discovered by Stanley. society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [noun] 1885 C. G. W. Lock 4th Ser. 266/1 Marbling on leather is produced by small drops of colouring liquids, drawn..into veins, and spread into fantastic forms resembling foliage—hence often called ‘tree-marble’. the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > other blemishes 1900 27 Oct. 1199/2 There was numbness in both legs and tree-marking on the left breast. the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter > nest 1924 J. A. Thomson x. 55 A..Tineid caterpillar, found in the tree-nest of one of the Termites. 1953 D. A. Bannerman I. 16 These tree-nests [of crows] are often most conspicuous. the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > dryad 1831 T. Keightley 206 The Tree-nymphs (Hamadryades), who were born and died with the trees. the world > animals > animals hunted > trail > [noun] > of an arboreal animal 1897 J. L. Allen xv. 227 The grass-path or the tree-path of the cougar. the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical plant or fruit the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > nature-spirit > inhabiting woods or trees 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien ii. vi. 355 That was the custom of the Elves of Lórien, to dwell in the trees... Therefore they were called the Galadrim, the Tree-people. 1964 24 Dec. 1003/1 I think an intelligent plant would be large and virtually immobile; the tree-people in Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker might just qualify. society > law > types of laws > [noun] > specific administrative orders the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > tree preservation order the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation in being or maintenance > preservation order 1943 c. 29 §8 If it appears to any interim development authority that it is expedient..to make provision for the preservation of trees or woodlands..they may..make an order (in this section referred to as an ‘interim preservation order’) with respect to such trees.] 1947 L. Silkin in (Commons) 22 Apr. 779 One hundred and six tree preservation orders have been submitted for my approval. 1976 16 July A tree preservation order has been made by the Harborough District Council to protect trees in and around the grounds of Little Bowden Rectory. the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > other pruning implements 1887 (J. B. Brown & Son) 83 The ‘standard’ tree pruners. the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > [noun] > study or science of > diagram representing structure > removal of branches from 1933 R. Tuve iv. 160 February-by-the-fire has been crowded out by putting an extra tree-pruning picture into the series. 1966 (Harvard Univ. Computation Lab.) Rep. No. NSF-17) iv–1 (heading) A proposal rule of tree-pruning. 1976 J. S. Gruber ii. iii. 365 We will have the following four derived trees... Each of these will undergo tree-pruning. the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > ring or layer 1919 A. E. Douglass iii. 23 The plan of using tree-rings for the general purpose of a check on astronomical and meteorological phenomena was first formulated in 1901. 1982 6 May 28/1 Others have sought an explanation of..variations in tree rings. the world > plants > botany > [noun] > study of specific parts or types of plants > trees > dendrochronology 1946 F. E. Zeuner i. 6 Tree-ring analysis is based on a well-known structural feature of wood, namely the annual growth-rings. 1977 20 July 13/4 Tree-ring analysis—or..dendrochronology—can..help to date..old paintings on oak panel. the world > plants > botany > [noun] > study of specific parts or types of plants > trees > dendrochronology 1946 F. E. Zeuner 11 The scope of tree-ring dating is extending rapidly. the world > animals > animals hunted > trail > [noun] > of an arboreal animal 1895 R. Kipling 218 When he tired of ground-going he threw up his hands monkey-fashion to the nearest creeper,..he would follow a tree-road till his mood changed. society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > rune > type of 1863 J. M. Mitchell 49 The six tree Runes form the word Arrier. 1901 May 82 An inscription in the cryptic characters, sometimes called ‘tree-runes’. society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > set of instructions > search 1970 O. Dopping xxii. 362 Tree search and heuristic programming cover a wide field of problems and are in principle well suited for automatic computation. 1980 26 May 10/6 In a complex game, a computer normally moves after conducting a ‘tree search’ of all possible moves, a process which if unlimited by time, would take billions of years. the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > of specific things > of tree 1871 E. B. Tylor I. xi. 430 The belief in tree-spirits, and the practice of tree-worship. 1897 1 May 8/1 Our Jack-in-the-Green was originally the human embodiment of the tree spirit. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > other gems or precious stones > [noun] 1698 J. Fryer 215 Tree-stones. Stones with the lively Representation or Form of a Tree thereon. the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stump 1898 11 431 The deeply submerged peats and tree-stools indicated..that the post-glacial recovery brought the land-level almost to normal pre-glacial conditions. 1975 J. G. Evans vi. 140 Peat now covers these hills, but..they..were once forested as is shown by the presence of tree stools at the base of the peat. the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > diagram > tree diagram the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > [noun] > study or science of > diagram representing structure 1965 N. Chomsky i. 12 The most obvious formal property of utterances is their bracketing into constituents of various types, that is, the ‘tree structure’ associated with them. 1971 5 292 Special language facilities in the fields of list processing, string processing, tree structure operations. 1983 Aug. 51/2 WangNet's cable topology is a duplicated tree structure. the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > tree surgery > tree surgeon 1908 5 Dec. 15/1 The attention given by the tree surgeon to the aged and decaying historical trees of the country..is equal to that given a wealthy invalid by his physician. 1978 27 Apr. 19/1 (advt.) Tree Surgeons. Fully qualified and insured for all felling, planting, pruning and repair work. the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > tree surgery 1902 J. Davey 14 Learn to do your own tree surgery, or direct it personally. 1973 7 June 1706/3 (advt.) Southern Tree Surgery Company (Consultants and Tree Surgeons). 1910 143/1 The tree-tallies are pierced at one end with a small hole for attachment to the tree. the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > [adjective] > turned into a tree 1605 J. Sylvester tr. Vrania in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas 538 That sacred Tree-turn'd Lady..From whose pure locks your still-green Laurels grow. 1881 (1885) 173 Tree Turner (Spade Handles). 1921 (1927) § 486 Treeturner; a turner who shapes wooden handles of spades and shovels on a lathe. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > village > [noun] > other types of village 1901 27 Apr. 572/2 Another tree village.., where I saw three houses erected on one tree. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > waxy materials > [noun] > derived from plants 1857 W. A. Miller (1862) III. 267 The tree wax of Japan consists of pure palmitin. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > other textiles obtained from plants > [noun] 1870 D. Rock (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. xiv Another corslet..was likewise embroidered with gold and tree-wool. society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 11427 Ich con of treo-wrekes [= -werkes: c1300 Otho treo-workes] wunder feole craftes. society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > carpenter a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xliv. 12 The crafti man tree werkere. society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of trees 1860 E. S. Poole in W. Smith I. 95/2 The stone-worship, tree-worship, &c., of various tribes. society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of trees 1840 Thorpe II. 249 We forbid..tree worshipings [OE. treowwurþunga]. C3. Phrases with of. b. the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal habit > [noun] > tree-like c1820 131 A curious Chemical Experiment, called the Tree of Diana. Note, This is the modern silver tree. 1849 J. R. Jackson 287 A pretty metallic vegetation in glass jars:..called the Tree of Diana. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [noun] 1845 H. B. Hirst 158 O'er me let a green Ailanthus grow..the Tree of Heaven. 1898 31 May 5/3 Some handsome specimens of tropical trees—the tree of heaven and the tulip tree. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] 1535 Gen. ii. B The tre of life in the myddest of the garden, and the tre of knowlege of good and euell. 1848 J. R. Lowell (ed. 2) 766 Their backs he salutes With the whole tree of knowledge torn up by the roots. society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > symbol of 1765 37 376/2 Known by the name of the Tree of Liberty ever since the memorable 14th of August. 1837 T. Carlyle II. i. xii. 90 A Tree of Liberty sixty feet high; and Phrygian Cap on it, of size enormous. 1890 W. E. H. Lecky VII. xxvii. 207 Trees of liberty had been planted in Antrim, and bonfires lit in consequence of French victories. 1382 Gen. ii. 9 The tree of lijf in the mydle of paradys. 1599 J. Davies 87 But truth, which is eternall, feeds the mind; The tree of life which will not let her dye. 1712 J. Petiver in (Royal Soc.) 27 423 American Tree of Life. 1760 J. Lee App. 317 Tree of Life, Thuya. 1880 G. C. M. Birdwood 336 The tree of life represented on modern Yarkand rugs is always a pomegranate tree. 1913 R. C. Maclagan viii. 121 There was another locality for the Tree of Life. 1931 A. U. Dilley Pl. 57 (caption) Beluchistan Prayer Rug with Rectangular Niche and Tree of Life. 1960 B. L. Snook 81 Hangings worked in polychrome,..with flowing stems or a Persian ‘Tree of Life’ rising from a ground of grass-grown mole hills. 1972 28 May 5/2 A most recently finished piece [of weaving] is done in the universal tree-of-life symbol. 1977 25 June 2/3 A Kashan silk Tree of Life rug..made £3,000. the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical plant or fruit c1375 Canticum de Creatione 620 in Horstmann (1878) 132 And to þe tre of mercy blyf Where out renneþ oyle of lyf His angel wil doun sende. c1375 Canticum de Creatione 620 in Horstmann (1878) 695 To haue mercy on Adam,..And hem senden his angel fro hy To ȝeuen hem of þe tre of mercy Oyle, to helen him wyth. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > banana tree > plantain tree ?a1500 ii. 199 And of that tree of Paradise she shall eate through my coyntice; For women are full liccoris [v.r. licorous].] 1567 J. Maplet f. 63 The tree of Paradise saith Cardane, is of short life, for the second yeare his bodie drieth vp and waxeth barraine: It beareth fruit like a cluster of Grapes, but in bignesse of an Apple. society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > non-Christian symbols or images > [noun] > bush or tree 1910 IV. 739/1 The sacred Bo tree or tree of wisdom. Phrasesthe mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [phrase] the mind > possession > acquisition > acquisition or loss [phrase] > money is not easily obtainable the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [phrase] > not abundant 1669 W. Winstanley sig. B8 Minc'd Pyes do not grow upon every tree, But search the Ovens for them, and there they be. 1750 W. Chancellor Diary Nov. in (1968) XCII. 471 Africa, where tis so falsly said, that Gold grows on the Trees. a1777 S. Foote (1778) i. 16 Master Moses is an absolute Proteus; in every elegance, at the top of the tree. 1782 F. Burney II. iv. x. 255 I thought to have seen him at the top of the tree, as one may say! 1787 II. 383 When the new government is established, ‘money will grow upon the trees’. 1825 J. Neal II. 103 If I didn't—I'm up a tree—that's a fact. 1833 F. Marryat Aug. 302/2 Clothes don't grow upon trees in ould Ireland. 1839 W. M. Thackeray v I had her in my power—up a tree, as the Americans say. 1857 T. Hughes i. vi*. 152 ‘What a pull,’ said he, ‘that it's lie-in-bed, for I shall be as lame as a tree, I think.’ 1932 W. McFee xxi. 371 Can I make money? Does it grow on trees out there? 1964 J. Aiken (1965) iv. 51 You'll be wanting it yourself come dinner-time. Sausages don't grow on trees in London. 1966 (Univ. S. Dakota) 1 ii. 6 Tree, mind, esp. in the expression ‘drive one out of one's tree’... She drives me right out of my tree. 1971 E. E. Landy 143 Out of one's tree, expression meaning (1) be thinking, talking or acting in an irrational way—e.g. You are talking out of your tree or (2) be in an unfamiliar place. 1976 N. Thornburg ii. 45 ‘We is duh [= the] loanees.’ ‘You're out of your tree.’ 1977 ‘S. Woods’ 118 I don't imagine these things [sc. jewels] grow on trees. Draft additions March 20031965 10 Sept. 1/4 The battle was between the tree huggers and the city. The city won, 100-0. 1977 7 Oct. (Weekend section) 1/1 Leaves are starting to turn now... Tree huggers predict colors will be most vibrant starting Oct. 15. (‘Tree huggers’ is what rangers assigned to the Washington area call themselves.) 1982 8 May 23/6 ‘Tree hugger’, some mutter, and I would say it myself before them. After all, I have not yet met an environmentalist who refuses to drive a car. 1990 R. Scarce ii. viii. 157 Mahatma Gandhi's spirit also resides in the Chipko Movement, India's tree huggers. 2000 Nov. 9/2 Britain is totally dependent on..the cheap and easy availability of fossil fuel; you don't need to be a tree-hugger to realise that this can't go on forever. Draft additions March 20031978 23 Apr. cn6 A tree-hugging four-foot-high carved-oak monkey that once graced the corner of a Barnum & Bailey circus wagon..will be seen at the 14th annual Southport-Westport Antiques Show. 1983 (Nexis) 5 Mar. 102 The remarkable Chipko Andolan (tree-hugging) movement started in Uttar Pradesh in 1973, when tree-fellers were prevented from cutting down trees by villagers. 1987 (Nexis) 1 Oct. b11 That is an important truth which often is obscured by rhetoric about ‘greedy developers,’..or ‘tree-hugging environmentalists’. 1992 M. Anderson v. 183 Wilderness skills (introduction to living and traveling in the wilderness; emphasis on interpersonal relations..environmental issues, and tree hugging). 2000 26 May 10/1 One might think that the Prince was part Luddite, part tree-hugging eco-mystic. Draft additions December 20131792 J. S. Barr tr. Comte de Buffon V. 339 To give a clearer idea of the different kinds of dogs, of their degeneration in different climates, and of the mixture of their breed, I subjoin a kind of genealogical tree [Fr. arbre généalogique], in which all the different varieties may easily be distinguished. The shepherd's dog is the stock or body of the tree. 1817 W. Johnston tr. J. Beckmann (ed. 3) IV. 268 We might form a genealogical tree of them [sc. the varieties or cultivars of Brassica oleracea]..; but a genealogical tree without proofs is as of little value in natural history as in claims for hereditary titles and estates. 1899 29 Dec. 968/2 In a pictorial phylogenetic tree the type of the ganoid is given as the ‘gar-pike’. 1914 F. Rothwell tr. E. Boutroux x. 144 The followers of Lamarck and Darwin..are endeavouring to draw up the genealogical tree of species. 1992 May 19/2 In a cladistic analysis, one tries to determine how a number of organisms are related and arrange them on the most plausible evolutionary tree—or cladogram..—by focusing on certain key characteristics. 2008 T. Audesirk et al. (ed. 8) vii. 367/1 Notice the positions on the tree of the four human viruses (two strains of HIV-1 and two of HIV-2). Draft additions June 20151859 C. Darwin iv. 130 As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop on all sides many a feebler branch, so by generation I believe it has been with the great Tree of Life. 1888 J. Le Conte i. i. 14 A growing tree branches and again branches in all directions... Even so the tree of life, by the law of differentiation, branches and rebranches continually. 1930 (Royal Soc.) B. 218 263 Our present conception of classification, represented as the branches of the great ‘Tree of Life’, is based on this principle. 1980 Spring 50 Lamarck a century earlier forced the ramifying tree of life into a primary component of rising complexity. 2009 J. A. Coyne vii. 195 Speciation is a splitting event, in which each ancestral branch splits into two twigs, which themselves split later, and so on as the tree of life ramifies. Draft additions June 20161992 B. Shneiderman in 11 92 (title) Tree visualization with tree-maps: 2-d space-filling approach. 1996 C. V. Jones xiii. 266 The real value of treemaps lies in their ability to display extremely large trees. 2003 B. B. Bederson in B. B. Bederson & B. Shneiderman ii. 69/2 Treemaps are designed to be applied hierarchically, so any given resulting rectangle can itself contain a treemap, and so on, recursively. 2012 (National ed.) 19 July b8/3 If you do not feel like poking around your drive to see where large batches of files are hiding, running a tree map program..can give you a quick visual clue to where all your drive space has gone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). treev. †1. the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > grow in a specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > grow or attain height 1650 T. Fuller ii. x. 210 Authors have affirmed, that..hyssope doth tree it in Judea. the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > take tree-like form [verb (intransitive)] 1884 17 Oct. 392/1 It will not prevent treeing..which is one of the most serious defects of the Faure battery. 2. the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] > pursue > pursue into specific place 1699 B. E. Tree the Martern, Dislodge him. 1834 C. A. Davis xxxii. 266 It wasn't long afore he tree'd a rakoon. 1854 H. D. Thoreau 250 Some small squirrel which has treed itself for scrutiny. 1859 H. Kingsley v It's no use,..you are treed, and you can't help yourself. If I give information you swing. the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [verb (transitive)] > hunt fox > tree a fox 1781 P. Beckford xvi. 202 In some countries..they have a method of treeing him; it is of use to make the hounds eager. the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > action of game > [verb (intransitive)] the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > take or seek refuge [verb (intransitive)] > specific 1699 B. E. A Martern Treeth, Lodgeth. 1834 J. Hall II. 191 The raccoon..when the tree fell..was completely surrounded by his enemies, who took care to prevent him from again ‘treeing’. 1866 3 Nov. 908 In America everything seems to ‘tree’ or perch—quail, grouse, snipes, and, lastly, foxes. 1902 P. Fountain v. 129 Then the hunter must tree for his life. the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > plant with trees 1891 ‘A. Thomas’ II. ix. 144 A secluded spot, well treed and shrubbed in. 5. Technical senses. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > furnish with wheel(s) [verb (transitive)] > furnish with specific parts 1765 4 lix. 250 The edges of new wheels wear off much faster than the edges of old ones; and if treed a small matter wider, or narrower, the impediment is greatly encreased. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > make footwear [verb (transitive)] > carry out other processes 1856 5 26/2 A Wellington boot beautifully ‘treed’ and polished. society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making tools, equipment, or fastenings > make tools, equipment, or fastenings [verb (transitive)] > furnish tool with handle 1864 G. L. M. Strauss et al. 94 The holes for the nails and rivets are then punched out, and the tool [sc. a shovel] is finally treed up. society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > provide with beams or supports 1887 P. McNeill 76 To warn the men to have their wall-faces all cleared up, and their roofs well treed. Derivatives the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > member of (grouse) > perching in trees the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > shaping 1884 [see sense 1b]. 1885 Newhall in Jan. 286/2 Wax finishes are so generally used for men's shoes that ‘treeing’ and ‘dressing’ with gum and blacking..are important. 1902 28 July 3/3 The American grouse differs essentially..from the British variety. All the different kinds frequently perch on trees; in fact..this habit of ‘treeing’ is characteristic of the breed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). <  n.c825 v.1650 |
