Meaning of alderwood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A wood largely populated with alder trees.
2. The wood from an alder tree.

Equivalents

Examples

“Geltsdale Forsest is an extensive tract of mountain, forming the south-east portion of Castle Carrock parish, and is a royal forest leased by the Earl of Carlisle. Part of it abounds in birch and alderwoods, and gives rise⟳ to the river Gelt, which flows northwards.”

“In consequence, when the ground-level in spite of all does in time rise⟳ above the water-level, instead of an alderwood one encounters meadow associations belonging to the order⟳ Molinietalia.”

“Not all stand⟳ types have⟳ an alderwood equivalent. For example, Quercus petraea and Fagus rarely grow⟳ with alder, so the alderwood equivalents of stand⟳ types 6A and 6C are the same as those of 6B and 6D, and there are no alderwood equivalents of been woodland.”

“Fig. 12. Is a piece of Alder-wood the breadth whereof is about the bigness of the bristle of a Hog, to the naked Eye.”

“The said bishop Ofbaldiston cut⟳ and sold all the alder wood upon the demesne at Rose, with large quantities of oak and ash, to the value of many hundred pounds.”

“For nankeen, to the gall-liquor must be added a decoction of tea of alderwood, walnut, poplar, or mahogany; after which nitro-muriate of tin is to be added”

“There he build⟳ a giant trap⟳ over the water out of a huge cedar trunk split⟳ for part of its length and propped open⟳ with an alderwood pole.”

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