| 单词 | lop-stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslop-stick lop-stick n. (also lobstick) Canadian a tree which has had its branches lopped and the name of the lopper cut in its trunk. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [noun] > lopped or sculpted tree or pollard pollinger1570 pollard1588 lop1656 runnel1673 bolling1691 rundlea1697 polder1704 lop-stick1821 animal tree1884 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [adjective] > lopped or polled tonsile1664 lop-stick1949 1821 N. Garry Diary 19 Aug. (1900) 149 After Dinner we observed that two of our Men had lopped away the Boughs and all the Lower Branches of two Trees leaving a Top. This is called a Lop-Stick. 1847 J. B. Nevins Two Voy. Hudson's Bay iv. 90 Two gentlemen were travelling a short time since, and lobsticks were cut for them. 1873 G. M. Grant Ocean to Ocean vii. 196 There is an old superstition that your health and length of days will correspond to your lobstick's. 1892 W. Pike Barren Ground N. Canada 209 Often on the lonely waterways of the Northern country one sees a lop-stick showing far ahead on the bank, and reads a name celebrated in the annals of the Hudson's Bay Company or in the history of Arctic exploration. 1923 Beaver Aug. 421 To commemorate this great battle, three lobsticks were cut on each side of the river. 1949 Argosy Apr. 13 On the far side of the lake, if you must portage, use the ‘lop-stick’ mark. This is made by cutting all branches from one side of a tall tree which may be seen either from water or land. Its unnatural appearance attracts the eye; the side from which branches are cut indicates the direction of portage. 1964 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 18 Oct. 1/12 There was a tradition among the Northern Indians that a lobstick honouring an individual would fall when its sponsor died. < as lemmas |
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