† mast-holm Obs.
[f. mast n.2 + holm2.]
The holm-oak, Quercus Ilex.
| 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. (1586) 101 b, The Mast⁓holme,..in Latine Ilex. Ibid., Forrestes,..consiste of Oke, Beeche,..Mastholme. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 458 The..mast-Holme Ilex. 1726 Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 25/2 The Mast-Holm [It. Quercia] never consumes with Age. |