maile
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of maile
Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1905–10
Example Sentences
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After the hearing, Berry said the lei was made from the maile plant and shipped from Hawaii for Akaka.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2012
Ume was merely a method of choosing partners by the master of ceremonies touching with a wand, called the maile, the couple selected for the forfeit, while he sang a jesting song.
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren
A small valley in the district of Waianae, Oahu, where was the home of the small-leafed maile.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
For the head they like to use wreaths of the maile shrub, which has an agreeable odor, something like that of the cherry sticks which smokers like for pipe stems.
From Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Nordhoff, Charles
The Castellanes for the most part did weare very bad and rustie shirts of maile, and all of them head peeces and steele cappes, and very bad lances.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard
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