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Webster 1913 Edition
Osier
O′sier
,Noun.
[F.
osier
: cf. Prov
. F. oisis
, Armor. ozil
, aozil
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], [GREEK], 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. Shakespeare
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
.O′sier
,Adj.
Made of osiers; composed of, or containing, osiers.
“This osier cage of ours.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Osier
OSIER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
osier
osier
English
Noun
osier (plural osiers)
- 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.
- One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.
- 1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 188:
- Wattling consists of a row of upright stakes the spaces between which are more or less filled by interweaving small branches, hazel rods, osiers, reeds, thin strips of wood, or other pliant material.
- 1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 188:
Derived terms
Translations
plant
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French osier, hosier, hosyere (compare Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”)), from Frankish *halster (compare Low German Halster, Hilster (“bay willow”)). Alternatively from Medieval Latin ausēria (“willow-bed”), from Gaulish *awesā (“riverbed”) (compare Breton aoz (“riverbed”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.zje/
Noun
osier m (plural osiers)