holm-tree
[f. holm2.]
1. The holly; = holm2 1. Obs. exc. dial.
| c 1400 Sowdone Bab. 61 He rested him vndere an holme tre. 1576 Turberv. Venerie 89 Holtes of holme trees. 1778 Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2) s.v. Lydd, Near the sea, is a place called Holmstone..which abounds..with holm-trees. 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders III. 286 They had arranged that their meeting..should be at the holm-tree. |
2. The holm-oak; = holm2 2.
| 1565 Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Iligneus, A branch of holme tree. 1606 Holland Sueton. 79 In the Iland Capreæ, the boughes of a very old holmetree..became fresh againe at his comming thither. 1802 R. Brookes' Gazetteer (ed. 12) s.v. Landes, The holm-tree, of the bark of which corks are made. |