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Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… their company. Compares this company to a great old tree which has borne good fruit, yet now is grown mossy and … MR. [WILLIAM] NYELL. This company like a fruitful tree as long as governed by the Parliament, but not since … none of these ways. Compares this great company to a fruit tree that has borne good fruit but now overgrown with moss, …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… In November 1637, Green sold to Gaymer 'the choppings of a tree', and so Gaymer hired Norman to cut it 'and to make it …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Suits and Chests of Drawers both of Japan and Wallnet-tree; likewise carved and Gilded Sconces, and all Sorts of … and a pedestal card table with D-shaped top are known (Fig. 18). [D; Furn. Hist., 1978] Atkinson, Thomas, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… stands an oak, said to have been a sapling from the oak-tree under which St. Augustine in the 6th century invited the … as recorded by Milner in his Church History: the parent tree was afterwards consumed by fire. William Walsh, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… here, the site of which is still pointed out by a yew-tree of very ancient growth. The lands, which, about the … counties; in front of the house is a remarkably fine beech-tree, measuring fourteen feet in girth, and among the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Acorn [acorne; achorn] The fruit or seed of the OAK tree in the form of an oval NUT encased in shallow woody cup, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… O.S. Area Bk. (1884). This article was written in 1991. Fig. 10; below, econ. hist. 14 th Ann. Rep. Local Govt. Bd. …