单词 | osier isle |
释义 | > as lemmasosier isle osier isle n. a small islet in a river overgrown with osiers. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [noun] > small > in river or lake aiteOE holm?c1050 mediamnesa1552 eyot1670 haft1686 osier isle1744 osier ait1766 knoll1772 twig-ait1867 1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 34 The stately-sailing Swan..Bears forward fierce, and guards his Osier Isle. 1862 G. Meredith Mod. Love (ad fin.) We saw the swallows gathering in the sky, And in the osier-isle we heard their noise. 1896 Macmillan's Mag. May 43/1 Even the silver winding old Seine seems loath to find the road thither, so pleasant is this dallying among green osier isles and banks of flowering iris. < as lemmas |
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