Lexic.us

Definition of Swiss pine

1. Noun. Large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swiss Pine

Literary usage of Swiss pine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"He points out to his friends the striking "Swiss-pine effect " of this tree etched against the sky. It is a good thing, and worth the price, ..."

2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"It is a good thing, and worth the price, even if he never heard of a Swiss pine before in his life. The Mugho Pine has a shrubby habit, spreading twice its ..."

3. Violins and Other Stringed Instruments: How to Make Them ; with Numerous by Paul Nooncree Hasluck (1907)
"There are four cross-bars glued on the inside of the back to strengthen it, each i in. thick, preferably of Swiss pine. They are rounded away on the top at ..."

4. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1902)
"Nat. Hist, xvi.), and still so employed. One of the most sonorous of woods, and, therefore, imported into London as " Swiss pine " for the ..."

5. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1902)
"One of the most sonorous of woods, and, therefore, imported into London as " Swiss pine" for the sounding-boards of pianos and bellies of violins. ..."

6. The Violin: Its Construction Theoretically and Practically Treated by Peter Davidson (1895)
"Violins are made of the following woods :—Breast, bass-bar, sound-post, and side-linings, of Swiss pine, lemon-tree, and ash; back, sides, and neck, ..."

7. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1903)
"The wood used consists of rosewood for the back and Swiss pine for the belly, or "table," as it ... The Swiss pine, by the way, really comes from Bohemia. ..."

8. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"He points out to his friends the striking "Swiss-pine effect " of this tree etched against the sky. It is a good thing, and worth the price, ..."

9. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"It is a good thing, and worth the price, even if he never heard of a Swiss pine before in his life. The Mugho Pine has a shrubby habit, spreading twice its ..."

10. Violins and Other Stringed Instruments: How to Make Them ; with Numerous by Paul Nooncree Hasluck (1907)
"There are four cross-bars glued on the inside of the back to strengthen it, each i in. thick, preferably of Swiss pine. They are rounded away on the top at ..."

11. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1902)
"Nat. Hist, xvi.), and still so employed. One of the most sonorous of woods, and, therefore, imported into London as " Swiss pine " for the ..."

12. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1902)
"One of the most sonorous of woods, and, therefore, imported into London as " Swiss pine" for the sounding-boards of pianos and bellies of violins. ..."

13. The Violin: Its Construction Theoretically and Practically Treated by Peter Davidson (1895)
"Violins are made of the following woods :—Breast, bass-bar, sound-post, and side-linings, of Swiss pine, lemon-tree, and ash; back, sides, and neck, ..."

14. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1903)
"The wood used consists of rosewood for the back and Swiss pine for the belly, or "table," as it ... The Swiss pine, by the way, really comes from Bohemia. ..."

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