Meaning of Greenwood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A forest in full leaf, as in summer.
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2. A surname.
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3. Wood that is green; in other words, not seasoned.
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4. A placename
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5. A place in Canada:
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6. A part of Greenwood/Greenbriar, Calgary, Alberta.
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7. Certain half-shrubby species of genista.
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8. A minor city in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia.
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9. A village in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
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10. A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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11. A hamlet in the city of Pickering, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario.
    countable, uncountable
12. A community in Laurentian Valley township, Renfrew County, Ontario.
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13. A number of places in the United States:
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14. A locality in Mohave County, Arizona.
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15. A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County.
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16. An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
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17. A town in Sussex County, Delaware.
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18. A town in Jackson County, Florida.
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19. An unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Georgia.
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20. A former community in Jerome County, Idaho.
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21. A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
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22. A city in Johnson County, Indiana.
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23. An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Wayne County, Indiana.
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24. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Wells County, Indiana.
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25. A neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
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26. A suburban town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
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27. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
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28. A neighbourhood of the town of Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
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29. An unincorporated community in Ely Township, Marquette County, Michigan.
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30. A minor city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
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31. A city, the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi.
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32. A city in Jackson County and Cass County, Missouri.
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33. A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
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34. A town in Steuben County, New York.
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35. A neighbourhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nickname: Black Wall Street.
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36. A census-designated place in Logan Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania.
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37. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
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38. A city, the county seat of Greenwood County, South Carolina.
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39. An unincorporated community in Charles Mix County, South Dakota.
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40. A ghost town in Lawrence County, South Dakota.
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41. A neighbourhood of Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.
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42. An unincorporated community in Midland County, Texas.
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43. A small town in Parker County, or Wise County, Texas.
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44. An unincorporated community in Wise County, Texas.
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45. An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
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46. A former community in Bath County, Virginia, now flooded.
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47. An unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington.
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48. A neighbourhood in north-central Seattle, Washington.
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49. A place in West Virginia:
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50. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
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51. An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
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52. A ghost town in Fayette County, West Virginia.
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53. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, West Virginia.
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54. A place in Wisconsin:
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55. A city in Clark County, Wisconsin.
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56. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
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57. A town and unincorporated community in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
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58. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Greenwood Township.
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59. A place in Australia:
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60. A rural locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland.
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61. A suburb of Perth in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.
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62. Ellipsis of Greenwood County.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Within a greenewood ſweet of mirtle ſauor, when as the earth was with fayre flowers reuested, I ſaw a ſhepherd, with his Nymph that reſted, […]”

“Vnder the greene wood tree, / Who loues to lye with mee, / And turne his merrie Note, / Vnto the ſweet Birds throte: / Come hither, come hither, come hither: / Heere ſhall he ſee no enemie, / But Winter and rough Weather.”

“But Calipine, now being left alone / Under the greenewood’s ſide in ſorie plight, / Withouten armes or ſteede to ride upon, / Or houſe to hide his head from heaven’s ſpight, […]”

“We who walk the greenwood do many a wild deed, and the Lady Rowena’s deliverance may be received as an atonement.”

“The good green-wood! the good green-wood! / Where early violets spring, / Where 'mid the old oak's giant boughs / The merle and mavis sing, […] My dreams are of sweet music wild / Beneath the green-wood tree!”

“Warwickshire is, indeed, a county of Gospel Oaks, and many of these, like the others, are huge in growth and venerable in years. They formed the boundary lines or marks between adjoining parishes, and when the bounds were beaten the parson was wont to deliver his homily beneath the shady boughs. From this circumstance the trees have taken the name of “Gospel Oaks,” and though Time has somewhat thinned their number, there are many still existing, dotted about in various parts of this sequestered greenwood.”

“In a number of families, brothers joined opposite sides. Some fought on the communist side as guerrillas and assassinated their blood brothers who held jobs on village committees. Others who served the village militias shot and killed their siblings who came back from secret guerrilla bases in the greenwoods.”

“When they were young, he kissed her in the greenwood. When she brushes her fingers across her lips, she still remembers.”

“For the Spleene. 58 R. Aſhen keyes, and the Greenewood, burne them, & make Lye of the Aſhes: […]”

“In severe winters, when pressed by hunger, they [the inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego] sacrifice the oldest women of their party—holding the head of the sufferer over a fire made of greenwood, to produce suffocation.”

“From the 1920s onwards a new tier of timber merchants arose, causing the separation of the primary source, the forest, from the woodworker. Wood in its raw state became devalued, whereas seasoned wood processed into planks or blanks, could command high prices. Never again would the two extremes meet until the birth of what became known as the ‘greenwood movement’ in the 1970s. […] Many people attending a greenwood course never made more than one chair. But some people became so inspired they set up their own workshops in garages and back rooms.”

““Even after this utter devastation, most people in the Greenwood community, most African Americans in Tulsa said to themselves and to their larger community, ‘we shall not be moved.’ And they rebounded and rebuilt and created an incarnation of Black Wall Street that would surpass its initial version.””

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