berrien.
Obsolete.
See quot. 1591.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > coppice or grove
hurst822
grove889
wood bough?c1225
wood lay?c1225
wood lind?c1225
wood rise?c1225
spring1396
firth?a1400
berwec1440
spring?c1475
grovet1504
coppice1538
copsewood1543
sherwood1562
hewt1575
copse1578
grove-crop1582
berrie1591
low wood1591
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oart1690
toft1706
under-grove1731
bosket1737
busket1803
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xli. lvii. 346 The cell..had..Upon the wester side a groue or berie [It. bosco].
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