vinetree
English
Alternative forms
- vine-tree
Etymology
From Middle English vyne-tre (modified after vine (“grapevine”)), from Old English wīntrēow, from Proto-Germanic *wīnatrewą, equivalent to vine + tree.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪnˌtɹiː/
Noun
vinetree (plural vinetrees)
- (rare, archaic) A grapevine.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Numbers 6:4:
- All the dayes of his ſeparation ſhall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels euen to the huſke.
- 1753, Gloceſter Ridley, “Book VII”, in The Life of Dr. Nicholas Ridley ſometime Biſhop of London […] , page 496:
- Here note, how Chriſt calleth planely his Cup the fruit of the vinetree; but the fruit of the vinetree is very natural wine […]
- 1839, Jonathan Edwards, The Works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.: With an Essay on His Genius and Writings, volume 2, page 125:
- The visible church of God is here compared to the vine-tree, as is evident by God's own explanation of the allegory, in ver, 6–8.
Usage notes
Maintained in occasional referential usage due to its use in the 1611 King James Bible; compare emerod.