woodinessn.

Brit.

/ˈwʊdɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈwʊdinᵻs/

Etymology: < woody n. + -ness suffix.

The quality or condition of being woody.

1. Woody texture, consistence, or appearance.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > woodiness

woodiness1601

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xv. xxviii. 450 Some fruits,..neither without in shell, nor within-forth in kernell, have any of this woodinesse.

1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxx. 149 The Vatican Ilex, the Vine which was grown to that bulk and Woodinesse, as to make Columns in Juno's Temple.

1761 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 933 It promises, from the thickness and woodiness of its stem,..to become a shrub of six or seven feet high.

1850 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens i. 17 Until individual trees could no longer be distinguished, and the view terminated in a..vague appearance, which I may be permitted to call a diffused woodiness.

1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 71 A very characteristic example of two faults in tree-drawing; namely, the loss not only of grace and spring, but of woodiness.

2. The condition of being full of woods or forests; prevalence or abundance of woodland; concrete woody growth.

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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

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > condition of abounding in

nemorosity1721

woodiness1796

1796 W. H. Marshall Planting I. 119 By Woody Waste [is meant] grass land over-run with rough woodiness.

1799 J. Stuart in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 114 Their movements were so well concealed by the woodiness of the country.

1869 J. S. Blackie Lett. to Wife (1909) 180 The rich~sloping..woodiness that you remember on the Rhine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	woodiness
释义	woodinessn. Brit. /ˈwʊdɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwʊdinᵻs/ Etymology: < woody n. + -ness suffix. The quality or condition of being woody. 1. Woody texture, consistence, or appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > woodiness woodiness1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xv. xxviii. 450 Some fruits,..neither without in shell, nor within-forth in kernell, have any of this woodinesse. 1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxx. 149 The Vatican Ilex, the Vine which was grown to that bulk and Woodinesse, as to make Columns in Juno's Temple. 1761 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 933 It promises, from the thickness and woodiness of its stem,..to become a shrub of six or seven feet high. 1850 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens i. 17 Until individual trees could no longer be distinguished, and the view terminated in a..vague appearance, which I may be permitted to call a diffused woodiness. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 71 A very characteristic example of two faults in tree-drawing; namely, the loss not only of grace and spring, but of woodiness. 2. The condition of being full of woods or forests; prevalence or abundance of woodland; concrete woody growth. ΘΚΠ 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 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > condition of abounding in nemorosity1721 woodiness1796 1796 W. H. Marshall Planting I. 119 By Woody Waste [is meant] grass land over-run with rough woodiness. 1799 J. Stuart in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 114 Their movements were so well concealed by the woodiness of the country. 1869 J. S. Blackie Lett. to Wife (1909) 180 The rich~sloping..woodiness that you remember on the Rhine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1601
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