thymy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of thymy
Example Sentences
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Others gathered round them by the gap in the thymy earth-wall, and John raised his voice on high.
From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver
Unbanished gods roam o'er the thymy hills, Calm shadows slumber on the purple grapes, Hid are the dryads near the star-gemmed rills, Far through the moonlight wander love-lorn shapes.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason
To do this we must visit them in their own home, which we shall find in some pine-wood, like the "pincushion-wood," or in some grassy thymy spot, covered with little green tufts.
From Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation by Pridham, Caroline
Life of the woods, life of the rivers, life of the trees, Life of the rich plain-grasses that seed to the morning breeze, And the thymy mountain-grasses June makes loud with bees.
From Poems of London and Other Verses by Presland, John
Other dogs in thymy dew Track'd the hares, and follow'd through Sunny moor or meadow; This dog only crept and crept Next a languid cheek that slept, Sharing in the shadow.
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by White, Adam
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