单词 | whistle-wood |
释义 | > as lemmaswhistle-wood whistle-wood n. a name for various trees whose bark is easily peeled off, used by boys to make whistles, as the alder, bass-wood, mountain-ash, and various species of maple. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > names applied to various types of trees or shrubs whitewood1562 yellowwood1583 lightwood1597 redwood1693 hoop-wood1756 stave-wood1778 whistle-wood1825 whip-cropa1850 pepperwood1858 white tree1863 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Whussel-wood, the alder and plane-tree; used by boys in making whistles. < as lemmas |
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