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Definition of Mayeng

1. Noun. Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mayeng

Literary usage of Mayeng

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

1. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1903)
"... and over the Col de Torrent to the Val d'Anniviers 364 mayeng de Sion. Val d'Hérémence. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"I pricke full of bowes as we do a place or a horse whan we go a mayeng, je rame," ibid. In Lincolnshire, the slips of evergreens with which the churches are ..."

3. Letters Written by John Chamberlain During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by John Chamberlain, Sarah Williams (1861)
"Snelling, the ruffian that had the brabble with Charles Chester, had not so goode lucke, for on Monday morning he went a mayeng to Ti borne and was ..."

4. The Chinese Repository edited by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Willaims (1837)
"In the year 792, he started another expedition to Chiangmai, and took 120000 captives and returned. Year 786. Wat mayeng was founded by. ..."

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