harewood

[ hair-wood ]

/ ˈhɛərˌwʊd /

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noun

the greenish-gray wood of the sycamore maple, used for making furniture.

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Origin of harewood

1655–65; variant of obsolete airewood, equivalent to obsolete aire harewood (<dialectal German Ähre ≪ Vulgar Latin *acre,Latin acer maple) + wood¹

But the most important casualty was CIA Director David Estes (David Harewood).
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Philip Michael Thomas played Stix, and Dorian Harewood played Levi.
The Saga of Whitney Houston’s Last Movie, ‘Sparkle’|Howard Rosenman|February 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This petition was presented on the 17th of April, by the Earl of Harewood, and the prayer of their petition was granted.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
He afterwards contracted for making five miles of road between Harrogate and Harewood Bridge, and received for it £1200.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events|S. Baring-Gould

It skirts Harewood Forest, and takes in a tributary below Wherwell.
The Rivers of Great Britain; Rivers of the South and West Coasts|Various
Beyond that lay a paddock, while in the distance the beautiful Harewood Forest showed away upon the skyline.
Hushed Up|William Le Queux
Lady Jane Ellice says that at Harewood there is one of the most splendid collections of china—quantities of it.
The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6|Augustus J. C. Hare