ˈhazel-tree
The hazel, Corylus Avellana.
| 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 575/45 Corulus, an haseltre. 1573–80 Baret Alv. H 207 An hasell tree, or nut tree, a filbert tree. 1656 Cowley Pindar. Odes, To Mr. Hobs Note, Virgula Divina, or a Divining Wand, is a two-forked Branch of a Hazel-Tree, which is used for the finding out either of Veins, or hidden Treasures of Gold and Silver. 1832 Tennyson May Queen 14 On the bridge beneath the hazel-tree. |