yewen
/ˈjuːən/
yewen adjective: made from the wood of the yew tree.
Adjective
yewen (not comparable)
- Made from the wood of the yew tree.
- Thus, in an old code it is written, “and no one shall hunt in the deer forest without the Bishop of Maury’s sanction. But if a knight shall come with many-coloured clothes, with an ermine bonnet and a yewen bow with a silken string, with arrows whose shafts are feathered with peacocks’ feathers...1861, Charles Boner, “The Stag. Cervus elaphus. Linn. Part First.”, in Forest Creatures, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, →OCLC, page 88
Forms of yewen
| alternative form (obsolete) | eughen |
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Origin of yewen
From Middle English *ewen, from Old English īwen (“made of yew, yewen”). By surface analysis, yew + -en.
Words that rhyme with yewen
Questions about yewen
- What does yewen mean?
- Yewen means made from the wood of the yew tree.
- What part of speech is yewen?
- Yewen is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce yewen?
- Yewen is pronounced /ˈjuːən/.
Words near yewen in the dictionary
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