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osier


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Osier  \O"sier\,  n.  [F.  osier:  cf  {Prov}.  F.  oisis,  Armor.  ozil, 
  aozil  Gr  ?,  ?,  ?,  L.  vitex  and  E.  withy.]  (Bot.) 
  a  A  kind  of  willow  ({Salix  viminalis})  growing  in  wet 
  places  in  Europe  and  Asia,  and  introduced  into  North 
  America.  It  is  considered  the  best  of  the  willows  for 
  basket  work  The  name  is  sometimes  given  to  any  kind 
  of  willow. 
  b  One  of  the  long,  pliable  twigs  of  this  plant,  or  of 
  other  similar  plants. 
 
  The  rank  of  osiers  by  the  murmuring  stream. 
  --Shak. 
 
  {Osier  bed},  or  {Osier  holt},  a  place  where  willows  are  grown 
  for  basket  making.  [Eng.] 
 
  {Red  osier}. 
  a  A  kind  of  willow  with  reddish  twigs  ({Salix  rubra}). 
  b  An  American  shrub  ({Cornus  stolonifera})  which  has 
  slender  red  branches;  --  also  called  {osier  cornel}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Osier  \O"sier\,  a. 
  Made  of  osiers;  composed  of  or  containing,  osiers.  ``This 
  osier  cage  of  ours.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  osier 
  n  1:  flexible  twig  of  a  willow  tree 
  2:  any  of  various  willows  having  pliable  twigs  used  in  basketry 
  and  furniture 




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