单词 | wood-brown |
释义 | ˈwood-brown Also 3 wudebrune, 4 wodebron, 4–5 -broun, 6 (? erron.) woodbroney. [f. wood n.1 6 + brown.] †1. The herb bugle, Ajuga reptans, in reference to the brownish tint of the leaves. Obs.
c1265Voc. Plants in Wr.-Wülcker 554/7 Buglosa, i. bugle, i. wudebrune. a1387Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 13 Bugla, bugle, i. uodebroun. ¶ Glossing L. fraxinus ash-tree.
a1400Stockh. Med. MS. 188 Hertwourt or wodebroun, f[r]axinus. 1597Gerarde Herbal Suppl., Woodbroney is Fraxinus. 2. [partly after G. holzbraun.] The brown colour characteristic of wood (see quot. 1805). Also as adj.
1805T. Weaver Werner's Ext. Charact. Fossils 63 Wood⁓brown is a very pale colour, being a mixture of yellowish-brown and much ashes-grey. 1839Macgillivray Brit. Birds II. 367 The wings and tail wood-brown. 1866Mrs. Whitney Leslie Goldthwaite ii, The loveliest balmoral I ever saw in my life!.. Why, you'll look like a hamadryad, all in these wood-browns! |

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