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Beechen

//ˈbiːt͡ʃən// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech tree. not-comparable

    "[T]o the altar each man brought some goodly offering, // A beechen cup brimming with milky foam, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English bechen, from Old English bēċen (“made of beechwood, beechen”), Proto-West Germanic *bōkīn, equivalent to beech + -en. Cognate with Dutch beuken (“beechen”).

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