witch-elm

noun

1. a variant spelling of wych-elm

Example Sentences

Witch, Witch-elm, wich, wich′-elm, n. the common wild elm—also Witch′-hā′zel.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

There were comely wonders before he died: The eagle barked, and the Banshee cried, The witch-elm wept with a blighted bud, The spray of the torrent was red with blood: The chief returned from the mountains bound, Forgot to ask after Bran his hound.

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But if you have seen a village all red and old In cherry-orchards a-sprinkle with white and gold, By a hawthorn seated, or a witch-elm flowering high, A gay breeze making riot in the waving rye!

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Like ‘The witch-elm that guards St. Fillan’s spring,’ it may live in story long after leaf, and branch, and root have disappeared for ever.”

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In the centre of the hamlet, where three roads meet, with a guide-post directing the wayfarer to Louth, Horncastle, and Alford, there stands a fine witch-elm; and at Bag Enderby, also in the middle of the road, is another still larger witch-elm, with a huge arm that craves support.

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