turbn.
/təːb/ Obsolete exc. Historical.
A crowd, swarm, heap; a troop; also, a group or clump of trees.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered
weredc725
trumec893
thrumOE
wharfOE
flockOE
farec1275
lithc1275
ferd1297
companyc1300
flotec1300
routc1300
rowc1300
turbc1330
body1340
numberc1350
congregation1382
presencec1390
meiniec1400
storec1400
sum1400
manya1425
collegec1430
peoplec1449
schoola1450
turm1483
catervea1492
garrison?a1513
shoal1579
troop1584
bevy1604
roast1608
horde1613
gross1617
rhapsody1654
sortment1710
tribe1715
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > clump or cluster
hata1425
tuftc1450
plumpa1470
clumpa1586
turb1618
hummock1636
toll1644
bush1856
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 188 In þe secund turbe was maister Coradyn.
1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xlix. 191 They came so fast by and by, And by so grete tourbes and hepes, that [etc.].
c1508 Lyf St. Ursula (de Worde) sig. A.viiv This holy turbe to Colen made theyr retourne.
1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) xx. sig. F.ii A grete turbe of foles fleeth to our shyppe.
1618 Owles Almanacke 22 Euery hedge and quick-set, euery knot and turb of trees.
1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. 230 When the Turb is once accumulate.
1886 Punch 20 Mar. 144 His front by nasiterge occult To serve from muscan turb his vult.]
1900 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. I. vi. 149 John Knox or Bothwell would come to his trial at the head of an armed tourbe, or gathering of partisans.
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