wych-elm
English
Alternative forms
- witch-elm
Etymology
From Old English wiche (“a kind of elm”), wice (“a kind of tree”). Compare wicker.
Noun
wych-elm (plural wych-elms)
- An elm (Ulmus glabra, syn. Ulmus montana) found in northern and western Europe; Scotch elm.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wych-elm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)