wood-searwood-seerwood-seren.

Brit.

/ˈwʊdsɪə/, U.S.

/ˈwʊdˌsɪ(ə)r/

Forms: Also 1800s -sour.

Etymology: ? < wood n.¹ + sere adj.¹

Obsolete or dialect.

1. A frothy exudation on plants, produced by an insect: = cuckoo-spit n.² 1; also, the insect itself.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by habits or actions > that produces froth on plants

wood-sear1585

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by habits or actions > that produces froth on plants > froth

wood-sear1585

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of family Cercopidae (spit-insects)

wood-sear1585

froghopper?1711

froth-insect1774

froth-worm1774

froth-frog-hopper1816

froth-fly1864

spittle bug1882

spit-insect1950

wood-sear1585

cuckoo-spit1592

cuckoo-spittle1646

toad-spittle1658

spring-frotha1722

toad-spit1751

froth-spit1753

frog spittle1811

frog-spit1823

cuckoo-froth1872

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 72/1 Attelabus,..the smallest sort of locustes that be wingless: ye woodseare.

1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet B ij Such a warming, as shall make all his deuices as like wood, as his spittle is like wood-sere.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. viii. 39 Spiders, wormes, woodseere and other such like vermine.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 28 That spumeous froth or dew (which here in the North we call Cuckow-Spittle, and, in the South, Woodsear..) looks like a heap of glass-bubbles.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 135 Insects of mysterious birth..Hid in knots of spittle white..‘Wood seers’ call'd, that wet declare, So the knowing shepherds say.

1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 535 The abundance of woodseare and honeydew on herbs indicates fair weather.

attributive.1599 ‘T. Cutwode’ Caltha Poetarum lviii. C 2 b I will not (as the creeping canker) waste thee, nor as the worm in wodsear time bespew thee.

2. The season in which a tree or shrub will decay or die if its wood be cut.Erroneously explained as ‘the season for cutting wood’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > (area of) destruction of trees by snow or wind

wood-sear1570

snow-break1837

wind-slash1866

windthrow1939

1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 18^v From May til October leaue cropping, learn why, in wood sere what euer thou croppest will dye.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 51 The bushes & thorne..in woodsere or sommer, cut downe to destroy.

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. ii. 43 If wood be cutte after the sunne decline from vs till he come to the equinoctiall, (which time they call woodsere) it will neuer growe againe.

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. ix. 22 All sappie weedes cut downe in Wood~seare, and often mowne againe.., their roots will putrifie and rotte.

1851 Gloss. Essex 14 Woodsere, decayed or hollow pollard, also the season for felling wood.

3. attributive or adj. Applied to ‘loose, spungy ground’ (Lisle).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > soft or spongy

softc1175

sinking1531

spongy1652

wood-sear1670

wood-searya1722

1670 Aubrey in Miscellanies Curious Subj. (1714) 24 Let us imagine..what Kind of Country this was..by the Nature of the Soil, which is a Soure, Woodsere Land, very natural for the Production of Oaks especially.

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 79 Cold, loose, hollow, wood-sear land.

1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 63 The red strong land on the high level parts of the Downs, that has been once wood land, and (sometimes expressly called wood sour land) is improved..by chalking.

Derivatives

ˈwood-ˌseary adj. as sense 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > soft or spongy

softc1175

sinking1531

spongy1652

wood-sear1670

wood-searya1722

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 27 Chalk fills up the vacuities of sandy, or wood-seary ground.

1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. viii. 37 Chalk laid on sandy or wood-seary ground.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	wood-sear
释义	wood-searwood-seerwood-seren. Brit. /ˈwʊdsɪə/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌsɪ(ə)r/ Forms: Also 1800s -sour. Etymology: ? < wood n.¹ + sere adj.¹ Obsolete or dialect. 1. A frothy exudation on plants, produced by an insect: = cuckoo-spit n.² 1; also, the insect itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by habits or actions > that produces froth on plants wood-sear1585 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by habits or actions > that produces froth on plants > froth wood-sear1585 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of family Cercopidae (spit-insects) wood-sear1585 froghopper?1711 froth-insect1774 froth-worm1774 froth-frog-hopper1816 froth-fly1864 spittle bug1882 spit-insect1950 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > member of family Cercopidae (spit-insects) > frothy secretion wood-sear1585 cuckoo-spit1592 cuckoo-spittle1646 toad-spittle1658 spring-frotha1722 toad-spit1751 froth-spit1753 frog spittle1811 frog-spit1823 cuckoo-froth1872 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 72/1 Attelabus,..the smallest sort of locustes that be wingless: ye woodseare. 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet B ij Such a warming, as shall make all his deuices as like wood, as his spittle is like wood-sere. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. viii. 39 Spiders, wormes, woodseere and other such like vermine. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 28 That spumeous froth or dew (which here in the North we call Cuckow-Spittle, and, in the South, Woodsear..) looks like a heap of glass-bubbles. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 135 Insects of mysterious birth..Hid in knots of spittle white..‘Wood seers’ call'd, that wet declare, So the knowing shepherds say. 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 535 The abundance of woodseare and honeydew on herbs indicates fair weather. attributive.1599 ‘T. Cutwode’ Caltha Poetarum lviii. C 2 b I will not (as the creeping canker) waste thee, nor as the worm in wodsear time bespew thee. 2. The season in which a tree or shrub will decay or die if its wood be cut.Erroneously explained as ‘the season for cutting wood’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > (area of) destruction of trees by snow or wind wood-sear1570 snow-break1837 wind-slash1866 windthrow1939 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 18^v From May til October leaue cropping, learn why, in wood sere what euer thou croppest will dye. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 51 The bushes & thorne..in woodsere or sommer, cut downe to destroy. 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. ii. 43 If wood be cutte after the sunne decline from vs till he come to the equinoctiall, (which time they call woodsere) it will neuer growe againe. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. ix. 22 All sappie weedes cut downe in Wood~seare, and often mowne againe.., their roots will putrifie and rotte. 1851 Gloss. Essex 14 Woodsere, decayed or hollow pollard, also the season for felling wood. 3. attributive or adj. Applied to ‘loose, spungy ground’ (Lisle). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > soft or spongy softc1175 sinking1531 spongy1652 wood-sear1670 wood-searya1722 1670 Aubrey in Miscellanies Curious Subj. (1714) 24 Let us imagine..what Kind of Country this was..by the Nature of the Soil, which is a Soure, Woodsere Land, very natural for the Production of Oaks especially. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 79 Cold, loose, hollow, wood-sear land. 1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 63 The red strong land on the high level parts of the Downs, that has been once wood land, and (sometimes expressly called wood sour land) is improved..by chalking. Derivatives ˈwood-ˌseary adj. as sense 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > ground > [adjective] > soft or spongy softc1175 sinking1531 spongy1652 wood-sear1670 wood-searya1722 a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 27 Chalk fills up the vacuities of sandy, or wood-seary ground. 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. viii. 37 Chalk laid on sandy or wood-seary ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1570
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