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ˈgreenhew Obs. exc. Hist.
Also 7 greenhuge, -hue.
[? f. green a. + hew v.; cf. Da. hug n.]
1. The green parts of trees in a wood or forest; vert. Also attrib.
1598J. Manwood Lawes Forrest viii. §4. 46 If the people of a whole towneship doe make wast in the greene hew of the Forrest. 1621Naworth Househ. Bks. (Surtees) 150 Received of Chr. Harding..for green-huge, ijs. viijd. 1648Coke 4th Inst. lxxiii. 299 The Kings Officers within his Forest have charge of Venison, and of Vert or Green hue for the maintenance or preservation of the Kings game. 1774T. West Antiq. Furness (1805) 85 They may take unto themselves green hew, or wood, out of my woods. Ibid. 97 Customary rents, encroachment rents, hen rents, greenhew rents.
2. The right to cut greenery for fodder; payment for such a right.
1869Lonsdale Gloss., Green-hew, the right of cutting hollies and evergreens in winter for sheep, etc. 1895Lakeland Gloss., Greenhew, a word found in old manorial writings, used for the payment of cutting trees upon an estate by the tenant. |