willow-tree
= willow n. 1; cf. also 1 d, 6 d.
| c 1425 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 646/33 Hec silex, wyllotre. 1495 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxliii. (W. de W.) T iiij/2 A wylowe tree..hath noo fruyte but oonly sede or floure. 1535 Coverdale Ps. cxxxvi[i]. 2 As for oure harpes, we hanged them vp vpon the trees [fo. dlxxxij Vpon the trees, rede, Vpon the wyllye trees]. 1548 Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 70 Particalis salix is the greate Wylowe tree whyche hath longe roddes..growynge in it. 1563 Googe Eglogs vi. (Arb.) 51 This mournynge looke, this Vesture sad, this wrethe of Wyllow tree. 1599 Shakes. Much Ado ii. i. 225. 16.. R. Barnsley in Wit Restor'd (1658) 35 That I may goe free From the sad branches of the willowe tree. 1610 R. Jones Muses Gard. xii. (1901) 18 For once thou wert where thou wouldst be Though now thou wear'st the willow-tree. 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 41 A wilfe tree that groweth in the hedge of the Bramble hill bottomes. 1860 Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 3 Willow-trees are allowed to grow here and there. |