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Definition of Elmen
1. a. Belonging to elms.
Definition of Elmen
1. Adjective. (rare dialectal or archaic) Of or pertaining to an elm tree. ¹
2. Adjective. (rare dialectal or archaic) Of, or made of, elm. ¹
3. Adjective. (rare dialectal or archaic) Composed of elm trees. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elmen
1. made of elm [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elmen
Literary usage of Elmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1902)
"In pursuance of this agreement, elmen prepared a deed conveying the three hundred
and twenty acres of land to appellant, which deed recited a consideration ..."
2. The philology of the English tongue by John Earle (1880)
"Nought tooke I with me but mine oaten quill. Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, 194.
wooden. Wooden wals.—The Faery Queens, i. 3. 42. elmen. When the elmen tree ..."
3. The Genial Showman by Edward Peron Hingston (1870)
"Now de gen'elmen returns. Lebe lady on de left of de op'site gen- 'elman. ...
Gen'elmen pass 'tween de ladies. Now de ladies cross. De gen'elmen go back to ..."
4. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"So the farmer derived a lesson from the Elm-leaf, as thus :— * When the elmen
leaf is as big as a mouse's ear Then to sow barley never fear. ..."
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