α. 1700s wickupp, 1800s wick-up, 1800s wicup, 1800s wikop (in dictionaries), 1800s– wickup.
β. 1800s wickaby, 1800s wickape, 1800s wickapee, 1800s wickapy, 1800s–1900s wickopy, 1800s– wicopy, 1900s wickerby, 1900s wickopee.
γ. 1700s wickopick.
单词 | wicopy |
释义 | wicopyn.α. 1700s wickupp, 1800s wick-up, 1800s wicup, 1800s wikop (in dictionaries), 1800s– wickup. β. 1800s wickaby, 1800s wickape, 1800s wickapee, 1800s wickapy, 1800s–1900s wickopy, 1800s– wicopy, 1900s wickerby, 1900s wickopee. γ. 1700s wickopick. North American regional (chiefly New England). 1. a. Usually in form wickup. More fully wickup tree. The American basswood, Tilia americana, which has fibrous inner bark used to make rope, bags, etc.The identity of the trees in quots. 1704 and 1778 is uncertain.Now only in lists of alternative names for the American basswood. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > North American arrowwood1578 white pine1682 wicopy1704 American olive1772 pumpkin pine1809 mountain mahogany1810 redwood1819 western yellow pine1857 western hemlock1867 western red cedar1874 Sitka cedar1875 ponderosa1878 walking stick1910 1704 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1894) V. 244 Two trees growing out of one Roote Called Wickupp trees. 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xix. 499 The Wickopick or Suckwick appears to be a species of the white wood,..distinguished..by a peculiar quality in the bark, which when pounded and moistened..becomes..of the consistence..of size. 1842 E. Field Note Sept. (Providence, Rhode Island Hist. Soc., accompanying donation of basket, item 1842.2.1) i. 42 The squaw..peeled the inner bark from the Wickup tree. 1888 J. L. Bennett Plants Rhode Island 7 Tilia, L. Linden Basswood. Americana, L. Wick-up Tree. 1902 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 15 266 But the name wicopy does not properly belong to the ‘leatherwood’, but to the basswood of Canada, the ‘whitewood’ (Tilia Americana) of the eastern United States. 1999 Nature Canada Autumn 8/1 The roster of tree names of native origin includes hickory, pecan, persimmon..and catalpa... Also on this list is wicopy, another term for the basswood tree. 2004 J. Meyer Tree Bk. ii. 135/2 You can find the American linden under a variety of names, including basswood, whitewood,..and last but not least, wickup. b. Usually in form wicopy. The eastern leatherwood, Dirca palustris, which has tough, pliable bark used to make rope, cord, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > North-American wild tea1728 bastard indigo1730 mountain heath1731 groundsel-tree1736 amorpha1751 buttonbush1754 moosewood1778 pipestem wood1791 modesty1809 sand myrtle1814 wicopy1823 lead-plant1833 false indigo1841 sleek-leaf1845 arrow weed1848 rabbit bush1852 ribbonwood1860 rabbit brush1877 sea myrtle1883 pencil tree1884 tar-bush1884 ocean spray1906 1823 New Eng. Farmer 15 Feb. 232/1 Your limbs will be lithe as a wickapy wand. 1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. State Maine I. 112 Wickape, or Leather wood... Millers often lay by them a stock of its bark, for bag-strings,..and the Indians used it for their cordage. 1864 Vermont Chron. 27 Aug. 6/3 The Leatherwood or Wicopy..is more worthy of attention as a lawn shrub than many exotic species now in cultivation. 1891 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 466/1 Sam saw a sprawling moose-wood or wicopy.., and presently fitted the old man out with a thong of its tough bark. 1929 Amer. Midland Naturalist 11 398 Dirca palustris L. Leatherwood or wicopy. Bailey, Willys, Hicks. 1955 Chat Dec. 81 The shrubbery there was Witch Hazel, Mountain and Striped Maple and Wicopy. 2002 R. Darke Amer. Woodland Garden 245 Also known as wicopy and ropebark, Dirca palustris has laughably pliable branches which can be literally tied into knots without splitting or cracking. 2. More fully wickup plant. Rosebay willowherb or fireweed, Chamaenerion angustifolium.Now only in lists of alternative names for this plant. ΚΠ ?1838 P. H. Gosse Jrnl. in E. Gosse Life P. H. Gosse (1890) 106 The tall wickup plants with which the ground was..covered. 1844 S. M. Fuller Summer on Lakes vi. 220 Those splendid flowers, the Wickapee and the root of the Wake-Robin, afford valuable medicines. 1868 Cultivator & Country Gentleman 16 Jan. 47/3 Then the bees worked on the golden rod, white top, fire weed or wickaby, and lastly on the mustard. 1904 A. Quiller-Couch Fort Amity vii. 83 A splash of blood among the mosses, and again another on the leaves of a wickup plant. 2014 J. Eastman Wildflowers E. U.S. 90/1 Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)... Other names: great or spiked willow-herb; rosebay, blooming Sally, wickup. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1704 |
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