wych elm
English
Alternative forms
- witch-elm, wych-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; Scots elm.
Translations
Ulmus glabra
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)