Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made of yew.
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- adjective Made of yew.
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- adjective archaic Made from the
wood of theyew tree.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The kitchen floor, as usual, had an unsecured look, but was clean swept, and on shelves stood rows of earthen and copper cooking-vessels and the yewen wood, brass-bound water-jars before mentioned.
In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller"
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This is a pail-shaped receptacle of yewen wood, bound with brass bands, both inner and outer parts being kept exquisitely clean.
In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller"
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The turning and encasing of yewen wood, brass-bound water-jars is a flourishing manufacture at Osse.
In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller"
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Shakespeare; ‘_yewen_’, or, according to earlier spelling, “_ewghen_ bow”, in Spenser; “_cedarn_ alley”, and “_azurn_ sheen” are both in
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"Ay, lad," said Denys triumphantly, "it gains ground every day, in spite of their laws and their proclamations to keep up the yewen bow, because forsooth their grandsires shot with it, knowing no better.
hernesheir commented on the word yewen
Made of yew. - Century Dictionary.
March 20, 2011
bilby commented on the word yewen
Me?
March 20, 2011