leafagen.
/ˈliːfɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈlifɪdʒ/ 1.
a. Leaves collectively; foliage.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > leaves or foliage
shadec1000
leafOE
felourea1400
filourc1400
hair1551
leafage1599
foliage1601
umbrage1657
foliature1682
folia1730
greenery1826
leafery1834
feather1842
leafdom1856
leaf mass1857
greening1895
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 54 If morn and eu'n fresh lefage they may haue.
1620 J. Bonoeil Obseruations Fit Roomes Silk-wormes 9 The Mulbery tree..brings forth so good leafage.
1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. xiv. 160 These Roots, which abound in the Hottentot Countries, and which are easily known by the Leafage they produce.
1795 Summer's Day 10 When smiling Phœbus, ent'ring Taurus bold, Without distinction gives the lowly shrub, A leafage, green, as the most tow'ring branch.
1850 J. S. Blackie in tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 374 When the leafage first comes out in spring.
1881 S. R. Hole Nice iii. 36 The silvery leafage of the olive.
1927 Travel Nov. 33/3 White coral beaches made bright spots amid the leafage.
1986 A. Brookner Misalliance x. 152 She was aware of the darkness of the garden, its heavy leafage stirred by the wind.
2009 N. Baker Anthologist iii. 44 I looked over at a bit of mobile green leafage that I could see through the long thin window.
b. The representation of leaves or foliage in art, esp. as a carved ornamentation on a pillar (cf. cilery n., drapery n. 3).With use in painting (see, e.g., quot. 1780), cf. leafing n. 2.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > foliage
maple leaf1394
vinea1400
vinet1412
traila1423
garlandc1524
foilery1527
wreath?1586
leaf work1592
foliage1598
sprig1613
branching1652
leafage1658
leafing1688
acanthus leaf1703
feuillage1714
sprigging1775
foliature1814
pampre1842
palmette1850
vine-scroll1886
olive acanthus1888
foliage-border1891
branched work-
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Cilerie, a term in Architecture, signifying the draperie or leavage, which is wrought upon the heads of pillars.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 108 The Drapery or Levage that is wrought upon the Heads of Pillars.
1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. iii. 59 The leafage of his trees,..is hard.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. i. 2 The marble shaft, and the lancet arch, and the wreathed leafage.
1893 Archaeologia 53 554 Their freely-carved leafage is far superior to any foliage that could have been executed.
1922 E. S. Prior Eight Chapters Eng. Medieval Art iv. 61 The capitals of columns were fashioned as simple bells or just traced with spring leafage.
1992 Antique Dealer & Collectors Guide Jan. 5 (advt.) The top, with carved leafage and ‘C’ Scrolls, has a ‘Ho-Ho Bird’ at each end.
2014 Times (Nexis) 14 Mar. The deep pierced top-rail with..low-relief carved leafage on the legs.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [noun] > layered arrangement > laying up a layered structure
leafage1833
lay-up1942
lamination1945
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 349 The leafage of the wire is produced by passing it through a numerous succession of rayed perforations.
1834 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal III. v. 112 The lead is precipitated upon the zinc, so as to form that brilliant metallic leafage, which has been called..arbor plumbi.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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