单词 | vine-tree |
释义 | vine-treen. A tree of the genus Vitis bearing grapes. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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 > grape-vine wine-treec950 vine-treea1340 wine1340 vine1377 labruscaa1398 grape14.. grapevine1654 grape-tree1697 garnacha1860 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxvii. 3 Þi wife as vyntre haboundand in sides of þi house. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7159 And sua þair corns did he brin, þair oliues, wit þair vintres. c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 402 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 140 Ensampil tane ma be sufficiandly be þe wyne-tre. 1483 Cath. Angl. 402/1 A vyne tree, argitis, propago, vitis. 1501 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 105 To the Franch man that set the wyne treis in Strivelin, xiiij s. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 356 The Vinetree hath yeelded her purple grapes, by clusters. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 519 The manner how to graffe a Vine tree. 1624 Fisher in F. White Repl. 340 The Saints being but branches of Christ Iesus, the true Vinetree. 1786 G. Frazer Fall of Man 136 You will be as a fruitful vine-tree. 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 43 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, Proper for..shrubberies,..&c. [include]..Vine tree, winged leaved. 1813 Q. Rev. 9 159 Oft to mark, with curious eye, If the vine tree's time be nigh. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1340 |
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