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Definition of Osiers
1. osier [n] - See also: osier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Osiers
Literary usage of Osiers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Farmer's Calendar: Containing the Business Necessary to be Performed on by Arthur Young (1809)
"It is now a proper time to plant osiers anc{ other sorts of willows. ...
osiers planted in small spots, and along some of his hedges, supplied him with ..."
2. An American Selection, of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to by Noah Webster (1813)
"... the celebrated Inca or prince who introduced many improvements and much order
among the Peruvians, invented and executed a bridge of osiers over the ..."
3. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"The sailor-monks: seventy monks of lona form the crew of the monastic fleet;
their boats made of osiers covered with hides. — Their boldness at sea: the ..."
4. Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Agricultural Discoveries (1808)
"THIS gentleman obtained the silver medal of the Society, for planting fifteen
acres anda half of osiers, with upwards of 12000 sets to an acre. ..."
5. Vegetable Substances: Materials of Manufactures (1833)
"The finer kinds of baskets are formed of the twigs of another species of willow ;
but what is called wicker-work is always made of osiers. ..."
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