broom brushwood

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• broom — O.E. brom broom, brushwood, the common flowering shrub whose twigs were tied together to make a tool for sweeping, from P.Gmc. *bræmaz thorny bush (Cf. Du. braam, Ger. Brombeere blackberry ), from PIE root *bh(e)rem to project, a point. Both the… …   Etymology dictionary

• broom — [bro͞om, broom] n. [ME & OE brom, brushwood < IE base * bh(e)rem , to project, a point > BERM, BRAMBLE] 1. any of a group of flowering shrubs (esp. genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium) of the pea family, often grown for their abundant,… …   English World dictionary

• broom — [OE] Broom was originally the name of the yellow flowered bush; its application to the long handled brush did not come about until the 15th century (the underlying notion is of a brush made from broom twigs tied to a handle). The plant name… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• bróm — m ( es/ as) broom, brushwood …   Old to modern English dictionary

• Billhook — The billhook is a traditional cutting tool used mainly in European agriculture and forestry, but also common in other parts of the world where it was introduced by European settlers. It is used for cutting smaller woody material such as shrubs… …   Wikipedia

• shrub — O.E. scrybb brushwood, shrubbery, a rare and late word, possibly from a Scandinavian source (Cf. dialectal Dan. skrub brushwood, Norw. skrubba dwarf tree ). Presumably related to N.Fris. skrobb broom plant, brushwood; W.Flem. schrobbe climbing… …   Etymology dictionary

• Strood — This article is about the town in Kent, England. For the creek in Essex, see The Strood infobox UK place official name= Strood unitary england=Medway lieutenancy england=Kent region= South East England country=England latitude= 51.403168… …   Wikipedia

• brush — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thicket, scrub, shrubbery; broom. v. sweep; graze. See cleanness, roughness, touch, painting, contention. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A brushing instrument] Common types of brushes include: bristle, fiber …   English dictionary for students

• brush — [14] It is not clear whether brush for sweeping and brush as in brushwood are the 79 buckwheat same word, although both appeared in the language at about the same time, from a French source. Brush ‘broken branches’ comes from brousse, the Anglo… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• brush — [14] It is not clear whether brush for sweeping and brush as in brushwood are the same word, although both appeared in the language at about the same time, from a French source. Brush ‘broken branches’ comes from brousse, the Anglo Norman version …   Word origins

• Agnes Potten and Joan Trunchfield — (both d. Ipswich, Suffolk, February 19 1556) were two English women of Ipswich who were imprisoned and burnt at the stake in Ipswich during the Marian persecutions: both are commemorated among the Ipswich Martyrs. Their arrest followed… …   Wikipedia