under-twign.

Brit.

/ˈʌndətwɪɡ/, U.S.

/ˈəndərˌtwɪɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: under- prefix¹, twig n.¹

Etymology: < under- prefix¹ + twig n.¹

(under- prefix¹ 2b(b).)

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > lower branch or sucker growing from root

water-boughOE

under-bough?1523

watershoot1585

water twig1601

wash bough1612

under-twiga1774

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 24 The impulse of covetousness or lust of fame, and that under-twig of it, vanity.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 135 To make the side of the hedge to slope inwards a little above, which gives to the under-twigs a freshness they could not otherwise be made to attain.

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

单词	under-twig
释义	under-twign. Brit. /ˈʌndətwɪɡ/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌtwɪɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: under- prefix¹, twig n.¹ Etymology: < under- prefix¹ + twig n.¹ (under- prefix¹ 2b(b).) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > lower branch or sucker growing from root water-boughOE under-bough?1523 watershoot1585 water twig1601 wash bough1612 under-twiga1774 a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 24 The impulse of covetousness or lust of fame, and that under-twig of it, vanity. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 135 To make the side of the hedge to slope inwards a little above, which gives to the under-twigs a freshness they could not otherwise be made to attain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1774
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