laureln.1
/ˈlɒrəl/, /ˈlɒrl̩/, /ˈlɔːrəl/, U.S. /ˈlɔrəl/ 1. † b. The leaves of the same used medicinally.
a. The Bay-tree or Bay-laurel, Laurus nobilis: see bay n.1 2. Now rare except as in 2.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [noun]
laure971
laurela1375
laurel-treea1375
laurya1400
Daphnec1430
bay1530
sweet bay1716
red bay1731
bay-gall1775
sweet bay laurel1858
Oregon myrtle1908
α.
β. a1375 [see laurel-tree n. at Compounds 2]. c1420 Anturs of Arth. vi By a lauryel he lay, vndur a lefe sale.1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xxviii. 66 Some he ordeyned to be grene wynter & somer, as lorell, boxe, holme.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4961 A tre..Largior þen a lawriall & lengur withall.1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 23v Take..the leaves of Lorel or Baye.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 173 The Lawrell, both leafe, bark, and berry, is by nature hot.1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 10 Ascopo, a kinde of Tree like Lowrell.1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 11 Twin'd with the wreaths Parnassian Laurels yield.1808 W. Scott in Biog. Notices (1880) 19 He would have twisted another branch of laurel into his garland.1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 450 The Laurel or Sweet Bay, is a native of the North of Asia and the Mediterranean regions.c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 182 The victor palm, the laurer [v.rr. lawrer, laureol] to deuyne.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8235 þe king..planted tres þat war to prais, O cedre, o pine, and o lorrer.
a1400 Med. MS. in Archaeologia 30 358 Lewys of lorere & rwe yu take.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. viii With ye lawrer..They crowned ben.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 82 To my spreit vas sen A birde, yat was as ony lawrare green.
1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 87 [Vpone a blisfull brenche of] lawrir [grene].
1652 E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 214 The Laurer of nature ys ever grene.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific leaves
laurel-leafa1387
laurel1477
coca1616
uva ursi1753
mountain laurel1759
1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 67 Lawrell the Laxative.
1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 60 Lawrell.
c. Any plant of the genus Laurus or the family Lauraceæ.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [noun] > any plant of bay genus
laurel1846
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 535 Order ccv. Lauraceæ—Laurels.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 537 In some cases a volatile oil is obtained from the Laurels in large quantities.
2. The foliage of this tree as an emblem of victory or of distinction in poetry, etc.† d. The dignity of poet laureate. Obsolete.
a. collective singular.
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α.
β. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 169 Þere he dede meny victories, and gat a crown of laureal þat hyng bitwene tweie pilers.c1460 Play Sacram. 882 Gyff lawrelle to that lord of myght.1652 J. Mayne tr. J. Donne Epigr. in J. Donne Paradoxes sig. F1 It with Lawrell crown'd thy conquering Browes.1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xxxv. 189 A crown did that fourth Maiden hold,..Of glossy laurel made.c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 169 Hom he ryt anoon With laurer corouned as a conquerour.
c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 791 Crownyd with laurer as lord vyctoryous.
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. Aiij v Than who wolde ascrybe, except he were a fowle The pleasant lawrer, vnto the mournynge cowle.
1604 J. Webster Ode in S. Harrison Arch's of Triumph sig. Bv To euery brow They did allow, The liuing Laurer which begirted round Their rusty Helmets.
b. A branch or wreath of this tree. literal and figurative.
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β. 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 207 The Oliue..was a sign of peace, even as the Lawrell is a token of victory.1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 76. ⁋4 Virtue need never ask twice for her Lawrel.c1718 M. Prior Ladle 36 Fame flies after with a laurel.1847 R. W. Emerson Goethe in Wks. (1906) I. 387 Still he is a poet—poet of a prouder laurel than any contemporary.1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iv. v. 194 The laurel of the hero..grows best on the battle-field.c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 26 Laurear of martirs, foundid on holynes!
c1475 ( in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 141 God of his grace gaf to thy kynrede The palme of conquest, the laurere of victorye.
1607 T. Dekker Knights Conjuring sig. K4v These elder Fathers of the diuine Furie, gaue him [Spenser] a Lawrer & sung his Welcome.
c. plural in the same sense, literal and figurative. Also in to reap, win one's laurels, to repose, rest, retire on one's laurels. to look to one's laurels: to beware of losing one's pre-eminence.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > wreath or fillet > of specific plant
oakc1385
laurel-bough1483
bay1564
laurel-garland?1577
laurel1584
laurel-branch1594
laurel-crowna1616
laurel-wreath1721
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons)
speed993
achievec1300
escheve?a1400
succeed1509
to turn up trumps1595
fadge1611
to nick ita1637
to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin)1655
to get on1768
to reap, win one's laurels1819
to go a long way1859
win out1861
score1882
to make it1885
to make a ten-strike1887
to make the grade1912
to make good1914
to bring home the bacon1924
to go places1931
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > be or become eminent [verb (intransitive)] > maintain fame
to look to one's laurels1882
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > subside into indolence > rely on one's past achievements
to repose, rest, retire on one's laurels1886
1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. D Phœbus crowns all verses..with Laurers always grene.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 107 Prerogatiue of age, crownes, scepters, lawrels . View more context for this quotation
1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. iii. 157 The Conquerours in the Olympian games did not put on the Laurells on their own heads.
1680 T. Otway Orphan Ded. sig. A2v Under the spreading of that shade, where two of the best [Poets] have planted their Lawrels.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 2 Sept. 169 They neither pant for laurels, nor delight in blood.
1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 372 Puny attempts to blast the laurels..of Jenner.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cxxvi. 66 'Tis sweet to win, no matter how, one's laurels.
1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. i. 136 Here he reaped his first laurels.
1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. I. To Rdr. 6 They might really repose upon their laurels.
1874 E. O. M. Deutsch Lit. Remains 250 Let them rest on their laurels for a while.
1882 C. E. L. Riddell Prince of Wales's Garden-party 306 The fair widow would be wise to look to her laurels.
1886 ‘H. Conway’ Living or Dead xxx Rothwell..wrote one more book; then retired on his laurels.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > title of eminent poet > as member of Royal Household > office of
laurel1700
laureateship1785
laurelship1820
poet-laureateshipc1836
1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Av My Country-man, and a Predecessor in the Laurel [Chaucer].
1814 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 454 A Dramatic Poem; which we earnestly hope was written before he [Southey] came to his Laurel and Butt of Sherry.
e. As the name of a colour = laurel-green n.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > other greens
beech-greenc1450
frost on green1559
sap1572
apple green1648
sap-green1686
myrtle green1717
Brunswick green1790
pistachio1791
pistachio green1793
mountain green1794
lettuce green1834
copper-green1843
canard1872
myrtle1872
leaf-green1880
cress-green1883
cresson1883
watercress green1883
lizard-green1897
jade1921
apple1923
laurel1923
mango1930
laurel-green1938
lettuce1963
mint1967
1923 Daily Mail 8 Oct. 5/1 (advt.) Navy, Nigger,..Amethyst, Laurel, Wine.
3.
a. In modern use, applied to many trees and shrubs having leaves resembling those of the true laurel; esp. Cerasus Laurocerasus, the common laurel or cherry-laurel.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [noun] > common or cherry-laurel and allies
Daphnec1430
cherry-bay1633
cherry-laurel1664
laurel1664
bay-cherry1665
laurel-cherry1787
sea-laurel1816
saj1839
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 82 in Sylva [Plants] not perishing but in excessive Colds..Laurels, Cherry Laurel.
1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum 378 Laurel, the Cherry Laurel or common Great Laurel.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. vii. 79 The genus Plum, comprehending the Apricot and Cherry..and also the Laurel.
1820 W. Wordsworth To Rev. Dr. Wordsworth i The encircling laurels..Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen.
1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 411 The common laurel..was brought from Constantinople to Holland in 1576.
1888 M. E. Braddon Fatal Three I. v. 102 A winding walk through thickets of laurel and arbutus.
b. Some forms of this word were by certain writers of the 16th cent. appropriated to the spurge laurel (see laureole n.).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > daphnes > [noun]
laureolec1386
Daphnec1430
mezereona1500
laurel1548
daffadowndilly1591
Dutch mezereon1597
herb terrible1597
spurge laurel1597
widow wail1597
rock rose1629
spurge olive1668
spurge flax1678
wood laurel1728
mezereum1754
Daphnad1847
spurge Daphne1872
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. C.vij Daphnoides called of the commune sort Laureola, in englishe, Lauriel, Lorel, or Loury.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xxxvi. 367 Lauriel groweth of the heigth of a foote and a halfe or more.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 452 In this rank is to be reckoned the wild shrub called Lowrier or Chamædaphne.
c. With defining word: Alexandrian laurel n. Ruscus racemosus. American dwarf laurel n. or mountain laurel n. = kalmia n. cherry laurel n. (see sense 3 above). copse laurel n. = spurge laurel n. Japan laurel n. = aucuba n. 1. native laurel n. Tasmania Anopterus glandulosus. Portugal laurel n. Cerasus Lusitanica. seaside laurel n. Xylophylla latifolia. spurge laurel n. Daphne Laureola. Versailles laurel n. (see quots.). wood laurel n. spurge laurel, Daphne laureola. For great-, ground-, rose-, sheep-laurel, see the first member.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > daphnes > [noun]
laureolec1386
Daphnec1430
mezereona1500
laurel1548
daffadowndilly1591
Dutch mezereon1597
herb terrible1597
spurge laurel1597
widow wail1597
rock rose1629
spurge olive1668
spurge flax1678
wood laurel1728
mezereum1754
Daphnad1847
spurge Daphne1872
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > butcher's broom > [noun]
knee-hollyc1000
butcher's broom1538
petigrew1538
horse-tongue1562
knee-holm1562
knee-hull1562
ruscus1562
double-tongue1578
prickly box1578
tongue-blade1578
ground-myrtle1601
uvularia1706
Alexandrian laurel1760
punnai1794
shepherd's myrtlec1840
Jew's myrtle1856
knee-hul-
knee-hulver-
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > prunus trees or shrubs > [noun]
plumc1400
black plum1629
prunus1706
Portugal laurel1731
mock orange1766
wild orange1802
Versailles laurel1882
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Laureole, spurge Laurell, little Laurell.
1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum (at cited word) Laureola, Laureola..in English, Spurge-Laurel and Bastard-Laurel, or Wood-Laurel, is a small Evergreen, frequent enough with us, blossoming about Christmas.
1736 [see sense 3a]. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 316 Laurel, Alexandrian, Ruscus. Laurel, Dwarf, of America, Kalmia. Laurel, Sea-side, Phyllanthus. Laurel, Spurge, Daphne.
1774 N. Nicholls Let. in Corr. with Gray (1843) 174 The Portugal laurel, your favourite Portugal laurel, grows to a size here which would tempt you to poison it through envy.
1873 W. B. Hemsley Handbk. Hardy Trees 394 Daphne Laureola, Wood Laurel.
1882 Garden 4 Feb. 85/2 The Alexandrian Laurel (Ruscus racemosus) is one of our most precious plants for foliage with cut flowers in winter.
1882 Garden 25 Feb. 134/3 The Versailles Laurel (latifolia) is a large, robust, and bold foliaged form.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 292 ‘Native Laurel’. ‘Mock Orange’.
1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) III. 1697/2 P[runus] Laurocerasus. Common, Versailles, or Cherry Laurel. Quick-growing shrub up to 15 or 20 ft.
4. Numismatics. One of the English gold pieces (esp. those of 20s.), first coined in 1619, on which the monarch's head was figured with a wreath of laurel. Cf. laureate adj. 3.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > other English gold coins
sovereign1503
laurela1623
carolus1687
laureate1728
o'goblin1909
a1623 W. Camden Ann. James I an. 1619 3 Sept. in Epist. (1641) 49 Aurea Regis moneta prodiit cum ejus capite laureato, unde Laurells nomen statim invenit apud vulgus, diversi valoris, scil. xxs. cum xx. xs. cum x. & quinque solidorum cum v.
1763 T. Snelling View Gold Coin Eng. 24 The Unite or Laurel.
1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking x. 224 Gold laurel James I.
1884 R. L. Kenyon Gold Coins Eng. 137 The Laurels were also called Broad Pieces.
Compounds
C1.
a. General attributive.
laurel-band n.
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1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith 1 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) Binde your browes with Laurer band.
laurel-berry n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific fruits or nuts
laurel-bayc1450
tamarind1539
laurel-berry1561
pignon1604
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 3 A penny worth of lorel or baye berries.
1818 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory (ed. 2) ii. 230 Laurel berries..are imported from the Streights.
laurel-bough n.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > wreath or fillet > of specific plant
oakc1385
laurel-bough1483
bay1564
laurel-garland?1577
laurel1584
laurel-branch1594
laurel-crowna1616
laurel-wreath1721
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 246/2 They that vaynquysshyd in bataylle were crowned wyth laurier bowes.
a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. F3 Cut is the branch that might haue growne ful straight, And burned is Apolloes Laurel bough.
laurel-brake n.
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1853 P. P. Kennedy Blackwater Chron. vi. 73 A man could walk about for a week,..particularly if he got into a big laurel-brake.
1857 D. H. Strother Virginia Illustr. i. 13 The settlers..speak of it..as an ill-omened region, filled with bears, panthers, impassable laurel-brakes, and dangerous precipices.
1893 Outing Oct. 61/2 Only in the wilds of the backwoods,..or in the mountains where tracts of laurel brakes give refuge against men and dogs, do the Virginia deer hold their own.
laurel-branch n.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > wreath or fillet > of specific plant
oakc1385
laurel-bough1483
bay1564
laurel-garland?1577
laurel1584
laurel-branch1594
laurel-crowna1616
laurel-wreath1721
1594 (a1555) D. Lindsay Test. Squyer Meldrum l. 138, in Wks. (1931) I. 192 Ilk Barroun beirand in his hand, on hie, Ane Lawrer branche, in signe of victorie.
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 85 Rather with an Oliue-branch..then a Laurel-branch in his Hand.
laurel-bush n.
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1657 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms xx. 5 They presented a Palm, or Laurel-bush, to Jupiter.
laurel-chaplet n.
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1835 W. Wordsworth Russ. Fugitive iii. ii, in Yarrow Revisited 134 Conquerors thanked the Gods, With laurel chaplets crowned.
laurel-crown n.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > wreath or fillet > of specific plant
oakc1385
laurel-bough1483
bay1564
laurel-garland?1577
laurel1584
laurel-branch1594
laurel-crowna1616
laurel-wreath1721
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vii. 34 To whom the Heau'ns in thy Natiuitie, Adiudg'd an Oliue Branch, and Lawrell Crowne . View more context for this quotation
1882 A. Hare in Good Words May 338 The poet Empedocles, draped in purple robes, wearing a laurel crown.
laurel-garland n.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > wreath or fillet > of specific plant
oakc1385
laurel-bough1483
bay1564
laurel-garland?1577
laurel1584
laurel-branch1594
laurel-crowna1616
laurel-wreath1721
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 73 A christian man ought not to go with a Laurell garland vpon his heade.
1607 F. Mason Authoritie of Church Ep. Ded. 3 Who..decked their victorious heads with lawreall garlands.
laurel-green n.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > other greens
beech-greenc1450
frost on green1559
sap1572
apple green1648
sap-green1686
myrtle green1717
Brunswick green1790
pistachio1791
pistachio green1793
mountain green1794
lettuce green1834
copper-green1843
canard1872
myrtle1872
leaf-green1880
cress-green1883
cresson1883
watercress green1883
lizard-green1897
jade1921
apple1923
laurel1923
mango1930
laurel-green1938
lettuce1963
mint1967
1938 R. Graves Coll. Poems 92 Grass-green and aspen-green, Laurel-green and sea-green.
laurel-leaf n. attributive.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific leaves
laurel-leafa1387
laurel1477
coca1616
uva ursi1753
mountain laurel1759
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 295 For covetise of..laurial leves wiþ oute eny fruyt.
c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 146 Take of..percely, saueyne, lorel leues.
1759 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 8) 57 As much as lies on a Six-pence of powder'd Lawrel-leaves.
1927 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Hunters & Artists 49 The rude Proto-Solutrean examples of the ‘laurel-leaf’ blades.
1973 Times 26 July 18/3 More than 150 unfinished and broken axes lay on the surface, with hammerstones, anvils, laurel-leaf blades, and many thousands of waste flakes.
laurel-shade n.
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1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes ii. xv. 9 Dense laurel-shade shall stop the rays Of Summer.
laurel-shrub n.
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1830 Ld. Tennyson Poet's Mind 14 Every spicy flower Of the laurel-shrubs.
laurel-thicket n.
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1750 T. Walker Jrnl. in J. S. Johnston First Explor. Kentucky (1898) 49 Just at the foot of the Hill is a Laurel Thicket.
1834 Southern Lit. Messenger 1 97 The tangled laurel thickets affording them secure refuge from foes.
1840 R. Browning Sordello in Wks. (1896) I. 132 Beneath a flowering laurel thicket lay Sordello.
1945 Mass. Audubon Soc. Bull. Jan. 274 It was June 25 when I sat on a log in a laurel thicket.
laurel-wreath n.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > wreath or fillet > of specific plant
oakc1385
laurel-bough1483
bay1564
laurel-garland?1577
laurel1584
laurel-branch1594
laurel-crowna1616
laurel-wreath1721
1721–2 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 10 (1754) 48 This..bard has..lampoon'd those, who fix'd the immortal laurel-wreath upon his brows.
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xli. 23 The true laurel-wreath which Glory weaves Is of the tree no bolt of thunder cleaves.
b. Parasynthetic.
laurel-leaved adj.
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1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants I. 379 Laurel-leaved Tulip-tree.
1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica 122 The bark of Canella alba or Laurel-leaved Canella..; growing in the West Indies.
c. Objective.
laurel-bearing adj.
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Laurifero, laurell-bearing.
laurel-worthy adj.
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1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 5 In Laurell-worthy rymes Her Loue shall liue vntill the end of times.
d. Instrumental.
laurel-browed adj.
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1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII xxxiii. 71 The blaze Of sunset halos o'er the laurel-browed.
laurel-crowned adj.
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c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1107 The laurel crowned Phebus.
laurel-decked adj.
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a1847 E. Cook Song Old Year ii. 15 Chant a roundelay over my laurel-deck'd bier.
laurel-locked adj.
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1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 223 Her [Italy] laurel-locked..Cæsars passing uninvoked.
laurel-wreathed adj.
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1878 Symonds Many Moods, Love & Death 165 The laurel-wreathèd choir.
e.
laurel-like adj.
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1833 H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls iii. 41 The laurel-like cinnamon.
C2. Special combinations.† laurel-man n. Obsolete ? a member of one of the parties disaffected to the Hanover dynasty.
laurel-bay n. †(a) = laurel-berry n. at Compounds 1a; (b) = bay-laurel (sense 1).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific fruits or nuts
laurel-bayc1450
tamarind1539
laurel-berry1561
pignon1604
c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 198 Tak..lorel bayes nistad in oyle.
1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xxxix. 197 Round the Champion's brows were bound The crown..Of the green laurel-bay.
laurel-bottle n. a bottle containing crushed laurel leaves, used by entomologists for killing insects.
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1872 J. G. Wood Insects at Home 26 The following is the neatest way of making a laurel-bottle.
laurel-cherry n. = cherry laurel n. at sense 3c; hence laurel-cherry water = laurel-water n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [noun] > common or cherry-laurel and allies
Daphnec1430
cherry-bay1633
cherry-laurel1664
laurel1664
bay-cherry1665
laurel-cherry1787
sea-laurel1816
saj1839
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > decoction or infusion > [noun] > aqueous decoction or infusion > specific
barley waterc1320
oak-water?1523
hydrelaeon?1550
plantain-water1588
lily-water1599
napha water1600
cowslip-water1612
water of magnanimity1659
succory water1670
lime-water1682
onion-water1694
pennyroyal water1699
balm-water1712
forge-water1725
laurel-water1731
aqua mirabilis1736
tar-water1740
milk of lime1784
laurel-cherry water1787
fly-water1815
herb-water1886
1787 E. Darwin et al. tr. C. Linnaeus et al. Families of Plants I. 339 Laurel-cherry.
1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 487 Laurel-cherry water and diluted prussic acid ease the breathing.
laurel magnolia n. U.S. either of two species of Magnolia, the evergreen M. grandiflora or the sweet bay, M. virginiana.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > magnolias
sweet bay1716
umbrella-tree1739
swamp laurel1743
magnolia1748
tulip-tree1751
beaver-tree1756
tulip-laurel1766
champakc1770
cucumber-tree1784
mountain magnolia1785
swamp sassafras1796
laurel magnolia1806
beaver-wood1810
big laurel1810
yulan1822
chatta1834
cucumber1835
port wine magnolia1943
magnolioid1988
1806 P. Wakefield Excurs. N. Amer. xiv. 93 The laurel magnolia reaches to the height of an hundred feet.
1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 145 The laurel magnolia is the beauty of the forest.
1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants ii. 52 From the Walnut Hills to Baton Rouge..you begin to discover the ever verdant laurel magnolia, with its beautiful foliage, of the thickness and feeling of leather.
1850 S. F. Cooper Rural Hours 476 The small Laurel Magnolia, or Sweet Bay, is found as far north as New York, in swampy grounds.
1893 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 3) 520/1 M[agnolia] grandiflora, the great Laurel Magnolia of the southern United States, is—in England—best treated as a wall-plant.
1903 Flora & Sylva 1 19/1 The Laurel Magnolia or Sweet Bay..is certainly a very handsome shrub.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 392/1 The most beautiful species of North America is M. grandiflora, the ‘laurel magnolia’..introduced into England in 1734.
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1730 J. Swift Vindic. Ld. C—— 37 Inflamers of Quarrels between the two Nations,..Haters of TRUE Protestants, Lawrell-men, Annists,..and the like.
laurel oak n. U.S. either of two species of oak, Quercus laurifolia or Q. imbricata.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks
red oakOE
cerre-tree1577
gall-tree1597
robur1601
kermes1605
live oak1610
white oak1610
royal oak1616
swamp-oak1683
grey oak1697
rock oak1699
chestnut oak1703
water oak1709
Spanish oak1716
turkey-oak1717
willow oak1717
iron oak1724
maiden oak1725
scarlet oak1738
black jack1765
post oak1775
durmast1791
mountain chestnut oak1801
quercitron oak1803
laurel oak1810
mossy-cup oak1810
rock chestnut oak1810
pin oak1812
overcup oak1814
overcup white oak1814
bur oak1815
jack oak1816
mountain oak1818
shingle-oak1818
gall-oak1835
peach oak1835
golden oak1838
weeping oak1838
Aleppo oak1845
Italian oak1858
dyer's oak1861
Gambel's Oak1878
maul oak1884
punk oak1884
sessile oak1906
Garry oak1908
roble1908
1810 F. A. Michaux Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale I. 23 Laurel oak,..dénomination secondaire dans les Etats à l'ouest des monts Alléghanys.
1832 D. J. Browne Sylva Americana 271 East of the Alleghanies this species..is called Jack Oak, Black Jack Oak, and sometimes from the form of the leaves, Laurel Oak.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 200 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The Willow oak (Quercus phellos) and the Laurel oak (Quercus imbricaria) are two desirable lawn trees.
1882 Econ. Geol. Illinois ii. 2 We find pin oak..and sometimes laurel oak associated with the post oak and black jack.
1901 C. T. Mohr Plant Life Alabama 131 Between Bon Secour and Perdido Bay low, sandy hills..support a high forest..of laurel oak and Cuban and long-leaf pine.
1947 G. H. Collingwood & W. D. Brush Knowing your Trees (ed. 12) 201/1 Laurel oak has been widely used, especially in the South, as an ornamental, particularly as a shade or street tree.
laurel-oil n. = oil of laurel a solid fat obtained from the berries of Laurus nobilis ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 439 Laurel oil is expressed from the berries of the laurus nobilis.
laurel-thyme n. = laurustinus n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun]
bendwithc1440
opier1548
opulus1548
ople1551
dwarf plane tree1578
water elder1578
whitten1578
guelder rose1597
rose elder1597
wayfaring man's tree1597
wayfaring tree1597
opiet1601
cotton tree1633
viorne1637
mealy tree1640
laurustinus1664
stinking tree1681
black haw1688
laurel-thyme1693
laurustine1693
viburnum1731
wayfaring shrub1731
May rose1753
pembina1760
snowball tree1760
mealtree1785
stink-tree1795
cherry-wood1821
snowball1828
sloe1846
withe-rod1846
lithy-tree1866
nannyberry1867
king's crown1879
stag bush1884
snowball bush1931
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. vi. iii. 173 We have now..but few Flowers, except those of Laurel-Time, or Laurus Thymus.
laurel-tree n. = sense 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [noun]
laure971
laurela1375
laurel-treea1375
laurya1400
Daphnec1430
bay1530
sweet bay1716
red bay1731
bay-gall1775
sweet bay laurel1858
Oregon myrtle1908
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2983 Vnder a louely lorel tre in a grene place.
c1415 J. Lydgate Temple Glas 115 Daphne vnto a laurer tre Iturned was.
1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms xxxvii. 35 Flourishing..as doth the Laurell tree.
laurel-water n. Medicine the water obtained by distillation from the leaves of the cherry-laurel and containing a small proportion of prussic acid.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > decoction or infusion > [noun] > aqueous decoction or infusion > specific
barley waterc1320
oak-water?1523
hydrelaeon?1550
plantain-water1588
lily-water1599
napha water1600
cowslip-water1612
water of magnanimity1659
succory water1670
lime-water1682
onion-water1694
pennyroyal water1699
balm-water1712
forge-water1725
laurel-water1731
aqua mirabilis1736
tar-water1740
milk of lime1784
laurel-cherry water1787
fly-water1815
herb-water1886
1731 T. Madden in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 37 85 One Part of Laurel-Water to four of Brandy.
1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 444 Counterplottings, and laurel-water pharmacy.
Derivatives
ˈlaurelship n. = laureateship n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > title of eminent poet > as member of Royal Household > office of
laurel1700
laureateship1785
laurelship1820
poet-laureateshipc1836
1820 Examiner No. 612. 1/2 Receiving the laurel which had been worn by Dryden, and Spenser, and Ben Jonson, and Daniel (a list of laurelships somewhat doubtful).
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laureln.2
/ˈlɒrəl/, /ˈlɒrl̩/, /ˈlɔːrəl/, U.S. /ˈlɔrəl/ A salmon that has remained in fresh water during the summer.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > that remained in freshwater
laurel1861
1861 Act 24 & 25 Victoria c. 109 §4 All migratory Fish of the Genus Salmon..that is to say..Kelt, Laurel, Girling.
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† laureladj.
Obsolete.
Crowned or wreathed with laurel; hence, renowned.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective]
mereeOE
athelOE
couthOE
brightOE
namecundc1175
outnumenc1175
noble?c1225
ketec1275
sheenc1275
tirfulc1275
glorious13..
losedc1305
of great renownc1330
glorifieda1340
worthly or worthy in wonea1350
clearc1374
nameda1382
solemna1387
renomeda1393
famous?a1400
renomé?a1400
renowneda1400
notedc1400
of (great, high, etc.) name?c1430
celebrate?1440
namely1440
famosec1449
honourable?c1450
notedc1450
parent?c1450
glorificatec1460
heroical?a1475
insignite?a1475
magnific1490
well-fameda1492
exemie1497
singular1497
preclare1503
magnificential1506
laureate1508
illustre?a1513
illustred1512
magnificent1513
preclared1530
grand1542
celebrated1549
heroicc1550
lustrantc1550
magnifical1557
illustrate1562
expectablec1565
ennobled1571
laurel1579
nominated1581
famosed1582
perspicuous1582
big1587
famed1595
uplifted1596
illustrious1598
celebrousc1600
luculent1600
celebrious1604
fameful1605
famoused1606
renownful1606
bruitful1609
eminent1611
insignious1620
clarousa1636
far-fameda1640
top1647
grandee1648
signalized1652
noscible1653
splendid1660
voiced1661
gloried1671
laurelled1683
distinguished1714
distinct1756
lustrious1769
trumpeted1775
spiry1825
world-famous1832
galactic1902
tycoonish1958
mega1987
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 131 Lycomedes..hauing taken very rich furniture & flagges, did afterwards consecrate them to Apollo laurell. [sic; but perh. mispr. for laurel-bearer; Amyot surnommé Portant laurier.]
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iii. 101 Vpon your Sword Sit Lawrell victory. View more context for this quotation
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laurelv.
/ˈlɒrəl/, /ˈlɒrl̩/, /ˈlɔːrəl/, U.S. /ˈlɔrəl/ a. transitive. To wreathe with laurel; to adorn with or as with laurel.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [verb (transitive)] > adorn with flowers, garlands, or wreaths
wreathe1579
engarlanda1586
garland1593
laurela1627
festoon1769
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > as with a crown or helmet > specifically of laurel
laureatec1405
laurela1627
a1627 H. Shirley Martyr'd Souldier (1638) v. sig. H4v The good how e're trod under, Are Lawreld safe in thunder.
1663 G. Mackenzie Religio Stoici 135 Lawrel'd and rewarded.
1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) V. 87 Sir Edward Nicholas, secretary of state; oval frame laurelled.
1831 Westm. Rev. Jan. 234 Our Cæsar was bald, and we laurelled his defect.
1863 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns (ed. 2) 153 Laurelled with the stole victorious.
1867 F. M. Finch Blue & Gray in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 370 They banish our anger forever When they laurel the graves of our dead!
b. To serve as a decoration for.
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1821 Sporting Mag. 7 192 Ever green be the garland that laurels thy fame.
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