beech
noun
any deciduous tree of the genus Fagus, of temperate regions, having a smooth gray bark and bearing small, edible, triangular nuts.
beechen
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a word derived from
beech.
Example Sentences
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When Sam awoke, he found that he was lying on some soft bed, but over him gently swayed wide beechen boughs, and through their young leaves sunlight glimmered, green and gold.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
AS. b?c, b?ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes on pieces of beechen board.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Sweet murmuring stream! how blest art thou To kiss the bank where she resides, Where Nature decks the beechen bough That trembles o'er your shallow tides.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Philip Freneau
Soon we come to the magnificent beechen avenue, and standing at the upper end we see a long green walk, with the minster in the distance, and beyond that the dark wold.
From A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White
She rode o'er hill, she rode o'er plain, She rode by fields of barley, By morning-glories filled with rain, And beechen branches gnarly.
From Blooms of the Berry by Madison J. Cawein
