hawthorn-tree
= hawthorn 1.
| c 1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 350/185 Onder an hawȝþorn- [v.r. haȝþorn-] treo. 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 73 b, Our haw thorn tre leseth hys leues euery yere. 1786 Boswell Tour Hebrides 27 Aug., There is a hawthorn-tree, which rises like a wooden pillar through the rooms of the castle. 1876 Mackay Poems, Secr. Hawthorn i, O thou snow-white hawthorn tree! |
| Comb. 1787 Best Angling (ed. 2) 99 The Thorn or Hawthorn Tree fly. |