daisy
noun
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
daisied
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a word derived from
daisy.
Example Sentences
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The budding floweret blushes at the light, The meads are dappled with the yellow hue, In daisied mantle is the mountain dight, The tender cowslip bendeth with the dew.
From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Emma Marshall
Lower and lower bent the sad branches, lower and lower, until they caressed the daisied mound that covered her form.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various
Then the three were sent out to play, and Dickie was shown the castle ruins, while Lord Arden and Lady Talbot walked up and down on the daisied grass, and talked for a long time.
From Harding's luck by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar
Around the grave of William, often were the whole remaining family observed, seated in the sunshine, upon the daisied turf, with their open Bibles in their hands.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
Only we'll sit upon the daisied grass, And hear the larks and see the swallows pass; Only we live awhile, as children play, Without to-morrow, without yesterday.
From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Vernon Lee
