ashplant

noun
/ˈæʃ.plænt/

Etymology

From ash + plant.

  1. derived from plantō
  2. inherited from plantian — “to plant
  3. inherited from planten
  4. derived from planta
  5. inherited from *plantu
  6. inherited from plante
  7. inherited from plante
  8. compounded as ashplant — “ash + plant

Definitions

  1. An ash sapling.

  2. A walking stick.

    • The colonnade above him made him think vaguely of an ancient temple and the ashplant on which he leaned wearily of the curved stick of an augur. / He began to beat the frayed end of his ashplant against the base of a pillar.
    • She look her hat, and ashplant, and left them.
    • "She'll do," said Kelly and tapped his ash-plant / Across her hindquarters.
  3. A cane for administering corporal punishment.

    • Bob Cherry bent over and touched his toes. The ashplant swished and swished.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ashplant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA