单词 | elmen |
释义 | elmenadj. Now dialect or archaic. 1. Of or pertaining to an elm-tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > elms > [adjective] elmena1513 widowed1743 elmy1757 ulmaceous1849 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxi They were hanged vpon an Elmyn tree. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 56 Tender Elming bud May..be giuen in steede of foode. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 386 Let him feed vpon..Elming boughs. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads vi. 402 Planted about it many Elmen-trees. 1807 G. Crabbe Hall of Justice ii, in Poems 246 We slept beneath the Elmin Tree. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby ii. xxvii. 93 Leaning against the elmin tree. 1881 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. 21 The elmen leaf Thinn'd into gold, and fell. 2. Made of the wood of the elm-tree. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > other specific tree aldernOE ashena1400 terebinthenc1440 elmen1466 yewen1501 Brazil1577 walnut-tree1687 arbuteana1706 white pine1708 mahogany1730 teak-built1835 1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 323 Item, for lx. fete of elmen borde, xx.d. 1648 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 209 A great chest of elming borde. 3. Composed of elm-trees. ΚΠ 1876 World No. 106. 19 The elmen bowers are in their prime of foliage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1466 |
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