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单词 yewen
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yewenadj.

Forms: see yew n. and -en suffix4.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: yew n., -en suffix4.
Etymology: < yew n. + -en suffix4. Compare Middle High German īwīn (German eiben). N.E.D. (1921) gives the pronunciation as (yū·ĕn) /ˈjuːən/.
Obsolete (chiefly archaic in later use).
1. Made of or consisting of yew wood.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > other specific tree
aldernOE
ashena1400
terebinthenc1440
elmen1466
yewen1501
Brazil1577
walnut-tree1687
arbuteana1706
white pine1708
mahogany1730
teak-built1835
1501 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 477 xiij ewin bowis.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. Lv So far as Ewghen bow a shaft may send.
1654 C. Wase in tr. Gratius Cynegeticon Pref. sig. b3v A round hoop of yeughen wood made of boughs.
1676 W. Pope Salsbury-Ballad (single sheet) I will lay on the side of my good Yewen Bow.
a1711 T. Ken Edmund ix, in Wks. (1721) II. 262 As warlike Archers bend long ewen Bows.
1726 C. Morris Diary 17 Feb. (1934) 129 I went to Tom Parfit's to bespeak of him Yewen Pins to join the parts of the Stones Vases.
1810 J. Kennedy Glenochel II. 19 A yewen spear his hand compress'd.
1892 M. B. Betham-Edwards France of To-day i. iii. 98 This is a pail-shaped receptacle of yewen wood.
1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. VI. xxiii. 135 Drinking mulse and milk, In yewen cups.
1906 S. MacCathmhaoil Rushlight 60 I have..supped its sap With a yewen spoon.
2. Consisting of yew trees. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > yew trees > [adjective]
yew-treed1831
yewen1884
taxine1888
taxaceous1904
1884 E. V. Boyle Days & Hours in Garden vi. 89 The square-topped Yewen hedge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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