| 单词 | yew spear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyew spear b. With the sense ‘made of yew wood’, as yew panel, yew spear, etc. Cf. yewen adj. 1. ΚΠ a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Wilts. (Bodl. MS Aubrey 2) f. 156v On the east side of the Hall is a neat little Chapell or Oratorie, finely painted: next to it a Drawing-roome, whose Floor is chequered like a Chesse-boord, wth box and ewgh pannells of about six inches square. 1837 Dublin Univ. Mag. June 672 Acts of parliament encouraging the importation of foreign yew staves, for the purposes of archery. 1889 York Herald 7 Sept. (Suppl.) 1/2 That delightful old dining-room, with its wonderful black yew chairs and table. 1952 Country Life 14 Mar. 743/3 An interesting example of Irish yew furniture. 1992 Yoga Jrnl. July 82/2 The oldest known wooden human artifact is a fire-sharpened yew spear from 50,000 years ago. 2014 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 15 May d5 The yew table in the dining room was bought at a local estate sale for $500. < as lemmas |
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