| 单词 | yew branch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyew branch a. With the sense ‘of or relating to a yew tree; consisting of yew trees’, as yew branch, yew hedge, yew leaf, yew wood, etc. ΚΠ 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 118 An Ev stok, taxum. 1613 Holmesfield Court Rolls in S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (1888) Addenda at Ewe forth Ewe Wood. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 80/1 He beareth Argent, a Yew leaf slipped. 1691 in Archaeologia (1796) 12 185 His yew hedges with trees of the same..kept in pretty shapes with tonsure. 1790 A. Francis Misc. Poems 14 Let the laurel and yew-branch appear. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Oriana 19 In the yew-wood black as night. 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason vii. 124 She..to a yew-bough made the boat's head fast. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 473 The walls are tapestried with a paper of yewfronds. 2003 National Art Coll. Fund Rev. 2002 37 (caption) Rare German bureau commode..decorated in yew wood and fruitwood. < as lemmas |
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