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elmen, a. Now dial. or arch.|ˈɛlmən|
Forms: 5 elmyn, (6–7 elming), 5–9 elmin, 5– elmen.
[f. elm + -en.]
1. Of or pertaining to an elm-tree.
1494Fabyan vii. 585 They were hanged vpon an elmyn tree. 1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 56 Tender Elming bud May..be giuen in steede of foode. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 301 Let him feed upon..Elming boughs. 1676Hobbes Iliad vi. 402 Planted about it many Elmen-trees. 1807Crabbe Hall Justice, We slept beneath the elmin tree. 1813Scott Rokeby ii. xxvii, Leaning against the elmin tree. 1881Palgrave Visions Eng. 21 The elmen leaf Thinn'd into gold, and fell.
2. Made of the wood of the elm-tree.
1466Mann. & Househ. Exp. 323 Item, for lx. fete of elmen borde, xx.d. 1648Bury Wills (1850) 209 A great chest of elming borde.
3. Composed of elm-trees.
1876World No. 106. 19 The elmen bowers are in their prime of foliage. |