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witch-elm

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noun

  1. a variant spelling of wych-elm

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On pleasant nights he would sit on the witch-elm block before the cabin and sing "Kitty Wells."

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

At the witch-elm block the old blind hound staggered exultantly about.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

One summer afternoon, while Harold rested indoors, Mavis gave Perigal tea beneath the shade of a witch-elm on the lawn.

From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)

Mounting on an old dwarf witch-elm about seven feet high, where several could sit, he would hold forth.

From Life of William Carey by Smith, George

Near by a huge witch-elm butt, sawed into three steps, shaped a horse-block.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett