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woodish, a. Now rare.|ˈwʊdɪʃ| Also 6 wodd-, 6–7 woodd-. [f. wood n.1 + -ish1.] 1. Having the nature, quality, or consistence of wood; (somewhat) woody.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 40 b, The braunches [of Lithospermon] are..strong..and woddishe. Ibid. 87 A..woddish torche or fyrebrande. 1620Venner Via Recta vii. 115 Quince-Peares are of a verie hard and wooddish substance. 1721Mortimer Husb. II. 214 Bastard-bittany..having many brown woodish Stalks. †2. Belonging to or characteristic of the woods or wooded country; sylvan. Obs.
1588T. Thomas Lat. Dict. (1615), Faunicus..wilde, wooddish, rude. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. xi. 116 Wanton woodish sports. 1630Capt. J. Smith Trav. & Adv. 2 He retired himselfe into a little wooddie pasture... Here..he built a Pavillion of boughes... His friends perswaded one Seignior Theadora Polaloga..to insinuate into his wooddish acquaintances. |