单词 | withe axe |
释义 | > as lemmaswithe axe C1. attributive and in other combinations as withe axe, withe handle, withe patch; withe-woven adj. ΚΠ 1776 G. Cartwright Jrnl. 19 Oct. (1792) II. 215 The people came down from the lodge, and brought..a bundle of white-rods [sic]. 1819 J. Keats Let. 5 Sept. (1958) II. 156 At the days end his thoughts will run upon a withe axe if he ever had handled one. 1839 T. T. Stoddart Songs & Poems 21 The withe-woven pannier. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind viii. 199 Axes made..by grinding the edge of a suitable pebble, and fixing it in a withe handle. 1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 85 I once turned out a dozen water-hens, a brown owl, a woodcock, and a water-rail, from one little withe patch. < as lemmas |
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