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knee-holly
ˈknee-ˌholly In OE. cnéow-holen. [f. knee n. (perh. in reference to its height) + holen, holly (as a prickly evergreen).] A name of Butcher's Broom (Ruscus aculeatus).c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 162 Wið þone dropan,..ᵹenim tweᵹen scenceas fulle woses ðysse wyrt þe man..cneowholen nemneð. c 1265 Voc. Name...
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Bulls' Heads couped in fesse Argent on a Chief of the last a Boar's Head couped Gules tusked of the second langued of the first between two bunches of Knee-Holly
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holly
▪ I. holly (ˈhɒlɪ) Forms: 2–5 holi, 3–6 holie, 4 holiȝ, 5 hoolly, 5–6 holy, 6 holee, 7– holly. [Shortened from OE. holeᵹn, holen: see hollin.] 1. A plant of the genus Ilex; orig. and esp. the common European holly, I. Aquifolium, an evergreen shrub or small tree with dark-green tough glossy leaves, ...
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▪ I. knee, n. (niː) Forms: α. 1–3 cneow, cnew, (1 cneu, kneu), 3 cno(u)w, (Orm.) cnewwe, 4 know(e, knew; pl. 1 cneow, -u, -a; 3 -en; 2–4 -es. β. 1–3 cneo, 3 cne, 3–5 kneo, 3–6 kne, 5– knee; pl. 1 cneo; 1–5 -en, -n; 3– -s. [Com. Teut.: OE. cnéow, cnéo neut., = OFris. kniu, kni, knē, OS. knio, kneo (D...
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