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  • 121Sprey — Recorded in several spellings including Spray, Spraye, Sprey, and Spry, this is an English medieval surname. There are believed to be two possible sources or origins. The first and almost certainly for most nameholders the origination, is that it …

    Surnames reference

  • 122Spry — Recorded in several spellings including Spray, Spraye, Sprey, and Spry, this is an English medieval surname. There are believed to be two possible sources or origins. The first and almost certainly for most nameholders the origination, is that it …

    Surnames reference

  • 123Lilliesleaf —    LILLIESLEAF, a parish, in the district of Melrose, county of Roxburgh; containing 771 inhabitants, of whom 355 are in the village, 6 miles (E. S. E.) from Selkirk. This parish, the name of which has in various records been written Lillesclive… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 124brush — [14] It is not clear whether brush for sweeping and brush as in brushwood are the 79 buckwheat same word, although both appeared in the language at about the same time, from a French source. Brush ‘broken branches’ comes from brousse, the Anglo… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 125brush — {{11}}brush (n.1) dust sweeper, a brush for sweeping, late 14c., also, c.1400, brushwood, brushes; from O.Fr. broisse (Mod.Fr. brosse) a brush (13c.), perhaps from V.L. *bruscia a bunch of new shoots (used to sweep away dust), perhaps from P.Gmc …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 126carr — noun fen woodland or scrub that is typically dominated by alder or willow. Origin ME: from ON kjarr brushwood , in kjarr mýrr marsh overgrown with brushwood …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 127brush — I [[t]brʌʃ[/t]] n. 1) an implement consisting of bristles, hair, or the like and a handle, used for painting, cleaning, grooming, etc 2) mad either of a pair of wire bristled, brushlike devices used to mark a soft rhythmic beat on drums or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 128кустарниковые заросли — — [http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en] EN brushwood Woody vegetation including shrubs and scrub trees of non commercial height and form, often seen in the initial stages of succession following a disturbance. Brush… …

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