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Definition of Disleaf
1. to deprive of leaves [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disleaf
Literary usage of Disleaf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1898)
"This oak-tree thou hast guarded from the violence of men ; canst thou likewise
forbid the tempest that it rise not to disleaf its branches; or if a hidden ..."
2. German Romance: Translations from the German, with Biographical and Critical by Thomas Carlyle (1898)
"This oak-tree thou hast guarded from the violence of men ; canst thou likewise
forbid the tempest that it rise not to disleaf its branches; or if a hidden ..."
3. The Suburban Horticulturist: Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"... the shoote may be left to grow, care being taken to disleaf them (772) as fast
as they advance, in order that no new sap may be generated. ..."
4. Translations from the German by Thomas Carlyle, Johann Karl August Musäus, Ludwig Tieck, Jean Paul (1871)
"This oak-tree thou hast guarded from the violence of men; canst thou likewise
forbid the tempest that it rise not to disleaf its branches; or if a hidden ..."
5. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1866)
"... all such a good second bloom: When the first bloom is not quite over, prune
the Roso trees rather short, and even disleaf the parts which are retained. ..."
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