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
Here coom'th Maister Jan Ridd," said the landlady, being well pleased with the call for beer and cider: "her hath been to Lunnon-town, and live within a maile of me.
From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
They use this short absence from the hall also to supply themselves with wreaths of fragrant maile, crocus-yellow ilima, scarlet-flaming Jehua, fern, and what not.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Hould thee tongue, lad,' he said sharply; 'us be naigh the Doone-track now, two maile from Dunkery Beacon hill, the haighest place of Hexmoor.
From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Near at hand, under a mass of ferns, maile and ieie, was the mouth of the cavern.
From Six Prize Hawaiian Stories of the Kilohana Art League by W. N. Armstrong
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