| 单词 | fowler's service tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfowler's service tree d. In full †narrow-leaved service tree, fowler's service tree, †fowlers' service tree. The mountain ash or rowan, Sorbus aucuparia. Now historical and rare.See also wild service tree n. (a) at sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash quick treeeOE wycheOE quickena1400 foldc1420 rowan-tree1483 quickbeam?1537 wild ash1552 field ash1578 mountain ash1597 quicken berry1597 whitten1633 witchen1664 quickenberry tree1671 wicky1681 rowan1751 narrow-leaved service tree1793 sorb1796 bastard mountain ash1800 roundwood1846 fowler's service tree1859 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. 328 They fixed branches of mountain ash, or narrow leaved service-tree above the stakes of their cattle, to preserve them from the evil effects of elves and witches. 1838 Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 172 Many willows, Alnus incana, the fowlers' service-tree, the hazel, ash, [etc.]. 1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 59 The Mountain Ash is often called the Fowler's Service-tree. 1996 J. M. Paterson Tree Wisdom 241 Rowan was often known as the ‘fowler's service tree’, for its berries were used as a lure to catch birds. < as lemmas |
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