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Definition of Misletoe
1. n. See Mistletoe.
Definition of Misletoe
1. Noun. (archaic form of mistletoe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misletoe
1. a former spelling of mistletoe [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misletoe
Literary usage of Misletoe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"Though the misletoe is common enough on certain species of trees, it is very
seldom found on the ... The American misletoe grows on trees from about lat. ..."
2. Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons, by John Aikin (1854)
"In Herefordshire and Worcestershire and wherever apple trees are cultivated to
a considerable extent, the misletoe is common; but in other situations it is ..."
3. Philosophy and Theology: Being the First Edinburgh University Gifford Lectures by James Hutchison Stirling (1890)
"... disadvantage entailing death and destruction, indifference being out of
count—The woodpecker, the misletoe—But mere variation the very fulcrum—Variation ..."
4. Trumps: A Novel by George William Curtis (1861)
"UNDER THE misletoe. THE hand which held that of old Boniface Newt was never placed
in that of any younger man, except for a moment; but the heart that ..."
5. The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the by David Irving (1810)
"For Druidic antiquities it would be in vain to search; instead of temples'and
other edifices, they consecrated the misletoe, ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"Though the misletoe is common enough on certain species of trees, it is very
seldom found on the ... The American misletoe grows on trees from about lat. ..."
7. Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons, by John Aikin (1854)
"In Herefordshire and Worcestershire and wherever apple trees are cultivated to
a considerable extent, the misletoe is common; but in other situations it is ..."
8. Philosophy and Theology: Being the First Edinburgh University Gifford Lectures by James Hutchison Stirling (1890)
"... disadvantage entailing death and destruction, indifference being out of
count—The woodpecker, the misletoe—But mere variation the very fulcrum—Variation ..."
9. Trumps: A Novel by George William Curtis (1861)
"UNDER THE misletoe. THE hand which held that of old Boniface Newt was never placed
in that of any younger man, except for a moment; but the heart that ..."
10. The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the by David Irving (1810)
"For Druidic antiquities it would be in vain to search; instead of temples'and
other edifices, they consecrated the misletoe, ..."
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