单词 | vew |
释义 | vewn. English regional (north midlands and northern). More fully vew tree: a yew tree. Also: the wood of the yew. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > yew trees > [noun] yeweOE yew treea1398 tax1541 vew1570 shin wood1778 ground-hemlock1807 taxad1846 Pacific yew1903 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > yew as timber tree yeweOE yew treea1398 elk1541 tax1541 vew1570 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. H.ii/2 A vew tree, taxus i haec. 1593 in J. Eastwood Hist. Parish Ecclesfield (1862) 219 To Thomas Jepson for leadinge of earthe to ye benche about the vewe tree &c. ijs iiijd. a1600 (c1515) Flodden Field (Harl. 367) l. 319 in I. F. Baird Poems Stanley Family (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Birm.) (1990) 265 A Scottishe mynstrell..broughte a bowe of vewe to drawe. 1622 Inventory in Notes & Queries (1852) July 10/1 Item foure Spanishe veiwe bowes wth a quiver and arrowes at xls. 1674 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1883) III. 213 4 view trees set about my house Sept. 1. 1674. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 215 Here are several Acres of young Pines, Cypresses, Vues, &c. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Suppl. View-tree, yew-tree. 1826 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire (ed. 2) 87 Vew, or View..a yew-tree. 1884 Notes & Queries 9 234/1 Yew Trees called View Trees. 1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms 79 Vew or View,..the yew tree. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 24 Yew... Local names..Palm-tree, Kent; Vew, Ches, Derb, Lancs, Yks. 1998 Times (Nexis) 3 Oct. The fact that the tree itself bears only five common names..‘vew’ in Cheshire across to Yorks and yew to the madding crowd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1570 |
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