hardbeam ? Obs.
(ˈhɑːdbiːm)
[f. hard a. + beam tree.]
The hornbeam, Carpinus Betulus.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 398 ælces treowcynnes..butan heardan beaman. 1545 R. Ascham Toxoph. (Arb.) 123 Steles be made of diuerse woodes as brasell,..hardbeame [etc.]. 1597 Gerarde Herbal 1296 It is also called..in English Hornbeame, Hardbeame, Yoke Elme, and in some places Witch hasell. 1801 Strutt Sports & Past. ii. i. 54 [Arrows] made of oak, hardbeam, or birch. |