单词 | garden seed |
释义 | > as lemmasgarden seed a. With the sense ‘of, belonging to, or situated in a garden’, as garden alley, garden hedge, garden rail, garden seed, etc.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately. ΚΠ c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 202 The grete tour..Was euene ioynant to the gardyn wal. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. l. 569 To make a gardyn hegge [L. sepes hortorum]. 1577 Hill's Gardeners Labyrinth i. xvii. 32 (heading) For the Garden seedes, to be employed as well before as after the sowing. 1592 H. Kinder tr. L. Lemnius Sanctuarie of Saluation xliv. 142 Walkings abroad in the open aire, which a man may haue in garden alleys [L. hortenses areae], and in vineyards. 1621 G. Mourt Relation Plant. Plymouth (1865) 82 This day some garden Seeds were sowen. 1696 M. Pitt Acct. Ann Jefferies 15 There came over the Garden-hedg of a sudden six small People, all in green Clothes. 1733 W. Bohun Declar. & Pleadings 297 One Garden-Door, and 20 Perches of Posts, Pillars, and Garden-Rails. 1770 Boston Gaz. 12 Mar. 4/3 (advt.) Broad Winsor, broad White Pole, dwarf yellow and dwarf speckled Beans, with a general Assortment of Garden Seeds. 1846 Knickerbocker Mag. 28 144 The Doctor stood looking over the garden rails when one of the ‘seven wise men’ of the village passed by. 1874 Aldine 7 112/3 He passed into the garden-alley, where the shade lay deepest. 1934 Pop. Sci. Sept. 72/1 This replica of an old-fashioned well makes an unusual garden ornament. 1974 W. Condry Woodlands xiv. 161 In cultivation it [sc. box] is a well-known garden hedge and a favourite shrub for topiarists to fashion into fancy shapes. 2015 Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle 7 Apr. 9/1 Children were given donated..garden seeds to encourage them to plant bee-friendly habitats. < as lemmas |
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