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Definition of English oak
1. Noun. Medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood.
Lexicographical Neighbors of English Oak
Literary usage of English oak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"NORMAN saw on English oak, On English neck a Norman yoke ; Norman spoon in English
dish, And England ruled as Normans wish; Till England 's rid of all the ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"On the farms, the yellow hulm bends with the fat of corn; in the gardens, by the
broad-breasted, English oak, grows the delicate cinnamon tree, the tea, ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"From these trials it appeared that pitch pine was the strongest wood, •which was
tested; next to that was the English oak, with straight and even fibres ..."
4. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Suspending cabinet, made of English oak enriched with can-ing and gilding.
Console table, the stand ... Cabinet nest of drawers, of English oak and ebony. ..."
5. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"NORMAN saw on English oak, On English neck a Norman yoke ; Norman spoon in English
dish, And England ruled as Normans wish; Till England 's rid of all the ..."
6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"... then the English oak, irregular and cross-grained ; fourthly, the Riga fir ;
and fifthly, the Dantzic oak. By calling the strength of the ..."
7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"On the farms, the yellow hulm bends with the fat of corn; in the gardens, by the
broad-breasted, English oak, grows the delicate cinnamon tree, the tea, ..."
8. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"From these trials it appeared that pitch pine was the strongest wood, •which was
tested; next to that was the English oak, with straight and even fibres ..."
9. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Suspending cabinet, made of English oak enriched with can-ing and gilding.
Console table, the stand ... Cabinet nest of drawers, of English oak and ebony. ..."
10. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"... then the English oak, irregular and cross-grained ; fourthly, the Riga fir ;
and fifthly, the Dantzic oak. By calling the strength of the ..."
11. American Agriculturist (1844)
"THE English oak IN AMERICA. A CORRESPONDENT in the American Agriculturist ...
As was stated in the Agriculturist for February, the English oak is perfectly ..."
12. Wood Carving: Design and Workmanship by George Jack (1903)
"... of Grain Desirable—Advantages of Pine and English oak. Woods used THE woods
suitable for carving are very for Carving various; but we shall confine our ..."
13. American Agriculturist (1844)
"THE English oak IN AMERICA. A CORRESPONDENT in the American Agriculturist ...
As was stated in the Agriculturist for February, the English oak is perfectly ..."
14. Wood Carving: Design and Workmanship by George Jack (1903)
"... of Grain Desirable—Advantages of Pine and English oak. Woods used THE woods
suitable for carving are very for Carving various; but we shall confine our ..."
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