Treen

//tɹiːn// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to or derived from trees; wooden; made of wood.

    "To ſhew our Reader yet, that theſe are no novel Experiments, we are to know, that a large Tract of the World almoſt altogether ſubſiſt on theſe Treen Liquors; Eſpecially that of the Date,"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village in St Levan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW3923). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A hamlet in Zennor parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4337). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A habitational surname from Cornish. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of tree form-of, obsolete, plural

    "Erminia's Steed (this while) his Miſtreſs bore / Thro' Foreſts thick among the ſhady Treen,"

  2. 2
    Household articles made of wood. countable, uncountable

    "Theſe homely cups and diſhes pay truly for that they contain: I had rather drink out of treene, and pay gold and ſilver, than drink out of gold and ſilver, and make wooden payment."

  3. 3
    A territorial division in the Isle of Man.
  4. 4
    A large wooden platter. Scotland, countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Equivalent to tree + -en.

Etymology 2

From Middle English treen, from Old English triewen, from Proto-Germanic *triwīnaz, equivalent to tree + -en. See trencher, truncher.

Etymology 3

From Middle English treen, from Old English triewen, from Proto-Germanic *triwīnaz, equivalent to tree + -en. See trencher, truncher.

Etymology 4

Anglicized form of Cornish Tredhin, a placename composed of the elements tre (“farmstead”) and din (“fort”).

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