underwoodn.

Brit.

/ˈʌndəwʊd/, U.S.

/ˈəndərˌwʊd/

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2b(d). Compare Middle Swedish undirvidh.

a. Small trees or shrubs, coppice-wood or brush-wood, growing beneath higher timber trees.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > brushwood, scrub, or underwood

ronea1300

underwooda1325

rammel1338

brushetc1380

scroga1400

bushailec1400

frithing1429

brushal1430

brushc1440

ronec1440

thevec1440

garsil1483

shroga1500

cablish1594

south-bois1598

undergrowth1600

frith1605

hand timber1664

subbois1664

urith1671

brushwood1732

bush-wood1771

underbrush1775

slop1784

woodiness1796

scrub1805

shag1836

chaparral1845

underbush1849

underscrub1870

sand-brush1871

buck-brush1874

bush1879

horizontal scrub1888

tangle-wood1894

shin-tangle1905

a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xiii. 68 Þat te heiwes [= highways]..ben..ilargiste þerase is wode, hegges, oþer buskes, ore vnderwode.

c1380 Antecrist in J. H. Todd Three Treat. Wycklyffe (1851) 119 His taile is likenyd to a cedre, [þat] wexyng in to heȝþe passiþ oþer vnderwod.

1467–8 Rolls of Parl. V. 575/2 Every persone or persones, which have bought eny Tymbre, Woode or Underwode.

1480 Cov. Leet Bk. 445 The people..throwen down & beren away the vnderwode of þe seid Priour.

1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 18 §17 Underwode growyng uppon the seid landes.

a1596 Sir Thomas More (1911) Add. i. 65 Thinke when an oake fals, vnderwood shrinkes downe, And yet may liue, though brusd.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xiii. 100 This underwood serves for supplies to save timber from burning.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 93 In a few years you may observe many fair Trees to steal up amongst the Under~wood.

1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 128 The Underwood will be fit to fell in..fifteen Years.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. vi. 117 At a deep recess of the forest..so overgrown with underwood, that they proceeded with difficulty.

1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 64 Our way..was nearly free from underwood or any material impediment.

1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 46 She made her way through the dense underwood.

attributive.1796 W. H. Marshall Planting II. 51 Its branches..very much resemble those of the Beech:..especially in the shrubby underwood state.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods To Rdr. in Wks. (1640) III So am I bold to entitle these lesser Poems, of later growth, by this [name] of Vnder-wood, out of the Analogie they hold to the Forrest, in my former booke, and no otherwise.

1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxi But these are the Under-wood of Satire, rather than the Timber-Trees.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters ix. 230 It is from among the underwood of these stately productions..that we bring to remembrance gems of practical wisdom.

2. With a and plural. A quantity or stretch, a special kind, of woody undergrowth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > brushwood, scrub, or underwood > kind or instance of

underwood1541

under-coverta1807

the world > plants > plants collectively > [noun] > growing beneath trees or undergrowth

weedOE

undergrowth1600

underwood1867

undermath1881

understorey1945

1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 39 All woodes and vnderwoodes, belonging to your office.

1581–2 Catal. Anc. Deeds (1906) V. 484 Breers, brembles, bushes and underwoodes.

1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue iii. 140 Therefore must the Surueyor be heedful..to note what trees are among the underwoods.

1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 101 Great Oakes breake their own branches and neighbouring underwoods.

1708 London Gaz. No. 4475/3 Posting the..Granadiers among the Thickets of an Underwood.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iv. 34 Our little habitation was..sheltered with a beautiful underwood behind.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 46 Rover of the underwoods.

1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands i. 5 Enormous groves of date-palms.., with an underwood of poinsettias.

figurative.a1637 B. Jonson in Wks. (1640) III. (title) Under-woods consisting of divers poems. [Cf. 1b.]

3. The wood underlying a veneer.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [noun] > veneering > wood underlying

underwood1862

1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 3411 The veneering..will bear an immense amount of heat or damp before it will strip from the underwood.

Derivatives

ˈunderˌwooded adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded > relating to copse, thicket, or undergrowth

busky1570

thicketed?1624

thickety1640

copsy1757

copsed1782

underwooded1811

coppiced1832

shawy1848

copsewooded1862

1811 Weekly Reg. (Baltimore) 12 Oct. 101/2 Our oak barrens and underwooded plains may be profitably applied to sheep.

1861 Rossetti in Ruskin Life (1899) 277 A rich sweet country, beautifully wooded, underwooded, and sloped.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	underwood
释义	underwoodn. Brit. /ˈʌndəwʊd/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌwʊd/ Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2b(d). Compare Middle Swedish undirvidh. 1. a. Small trees or shrubs, coppice-wood or brush-wood, growing beneath higher timber trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > brushwood, scrub, or underwood ronea1300 underwooda1325 rammel1338 brushetc1380 scroga1400 bushailec1400 frithing1429 brushal1430 brushc1440 ronec1440 thevec1440 garsil1483 shroga1500 cablish1594 south-bois1598 undergrowth1600 frith1605 hand timber1664 subbois1664 urith1671 brushwood1732 bush-wood1771 underbrush1775 slop1784 woodiness1796 scrub1805 shag1836 chaparral1845 underbush1849 underscrub1870 sand-brush1871 buck-brush1874 bush1879 horizontal scrub1888 tangle-wood1894 shin-tangle1905 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xiii. 68 Þat te heiwes [= highways]..ben..ilargiste þerase is wode, hegges, oþer buskes, ore vnderwode. c1380 Antecrist in J. H. Todd Three Treat. Wycklyffe (1851) 119 His taile is likenyd to a cedre, [þat] wexyng in to heȝþe passiþ oþer vnderwod. 1467–8 Rolls of Parl. V. 575/2 Every persone or persones, which have bought eny Tymbre, Woode or Underwode. 1480 Cov. Leet Bk. 445 The people..throwen down & beren away the vnderwode of þe seid Priour. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 18 §17 Underwode growyng uppon the seid landes. a1596 Sir Thomas More (1911) Add. i. 65 Thinke when an oake fals, vnderwood shrinkes downe, And yet may liue, though brusd. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xiii. 100 This underwood serves for supplies to save timber from burning. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 93 In a few years you may observe many fair Trees to steal up amongst the Under~wood. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 128 The Underwood will be fit to fell in..fifteen Years. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. vi. 117 At a deep recess of the forest..so overgrown with underwood, that they proceeded with difficulty. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 64 Our way..was nearly free from underwood or any material impediment. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 46 She made her way through the dense underwood. attributive.1796 W. H. Marshall Planting II. 51 Its branches..very much resemble those of the Beech:..especially in the shrubby underwood state. b. figurative. ΚΠ a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods To Rdr. in Wks. (1640) III So am I bold to entitle these lesser Poems, of later growth, by this [name] of Vnder-wood, out of the Analogie they hold to the Forrest, in my former booke, and no otherwise. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxi But these are the Under-wood of Satire, rather than the Timber-Trees. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters ix. 230 It is from among the underwood of these stately productions..that we bring to remembrance gems of practical wisdom. 2. With a and plural. A quantity or stretch, a special kind, of woody undergrowth. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > brushwood, scrub, or underwood > kind or instance of underwood1541 under-coverta1807 the world > plants > plants collectively > [noun] > growing beneath trees or undergrowth weedOE undergrowth1600 underwood1867 undermath1881 understorey1945 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 39 All woodes and vnderwoodes, belonging to your office. 1581–2 Catal. Anc. Deeds (1906) V. 484 Breers, brembles, bushes and underwoodes. 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue iii. 140 Therefore must the Surueyor be heedful..to note what trees are among the underwoods. 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 101 Great Oakes breake their own branches and neighbouring underwoods. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4475/3 Posting the..Granadiers among the Thickets of an Underwood. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iv. 34 Our little habitation was..sheltered with a beautiful underwood behind. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 46 Rover of the underwoods. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands i. 5 Enormous groves of date-palms.., with an underwood of poinsettias. figurative.a1637 B. Jonson in Wks. (1640) III. (title) Under-woods consisting of divers poems. [Cf. 1b.] 3. The wood underlying a veneer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [noun] > veneering > wood underlying underwood1862 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 3411 The veneering..will bear an immense amount of heat or damp before it will strip from the underwood. Derivatives ˈunderˌwooded adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > wooded > relating to copse, thicket, or undergrowth busky1570 thicketed?1624 thickety1640 copsy1757 copsed1782 underwooded1811 coppiced1832 shawy1848 copsewooded1862 1811 Weekly Reg. (Baltimore) 12 Oct. 101/2 Our oak barrens and underwooded plains may be profitably applied to sheep. 1861 Rossetti in Ruskin Life (1899) 277 A rich sweet country, beautifully wooded, underwooded, and sloped. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325
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