Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cachimilla .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word arrow-weed.
Examples
-
All the morning we travelled west, the trees ever drawing closer as our water departed on the south, running through the willows, arrow-weed, and cat-tails.
-
Then as Peter began to crop the coarse grass which grew in sparse clumps among the straight stalks of the arrow-weed, Roger gathered together some bits of drift wood for his supper fire.
The Forbidden Trail Honor�� Morrow 1910
-
Covered with arrow-weed, six and eight feet tall, the land was, when we got there.
The Forbidden Trail Honor�� Morrow 1910
-
There was a hundred acres of arrow-weed between them and me.
The Forbidden Trail Honor�� Morrow 1910
-
He fastened Peter to a clump of arrow-weed, then waded out into the stream, pushing the log before him.
The Forbidden Trail Honor�� Morrow 1910
-
I shall start cottonwoods and arrow-weed wind breaks as soon as I turn the water in.
The Forbidden Trail Honor�� Morrow 1910
-
The valley was sandy and the river looked shallow and slow moving, with arrow-weed growing along its edge.
The Forbidden Trail Honor�� Morrow 1910
-
I waited for him to coil, then as I had seen the others do, I brought the butt end of an arrow-weed down on the coils and my fear of snakes was gone.
The Forbidden Trail Honor�� Morrow 1910
-
A study of rude construction, about eighteen by thirty-five feet, with thatched roof and outside covering of native arrow-weed and built entirely by the author himself.
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright 1908
-
The '_arrow-shaped_' base you can find in the arrow-weed in the brook.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.