crab-tree

Despair ‘getteth him a grievous crab-tree cudgel’; it was in ‘sunshiny weather’ that he had his fits; and the birds in the grove about the House Beautiful,

Lay Morals 2005

Was graft with crab-tree slip; whose fruit thou art,

The Second part of King Henry the Sixth 2004

Fetch me a dozen crab-tree staves, and strong ones: these are but switches to

The Life of King Henry the Eighth 2004

He had in one hand a lighted torch, or link, and in the other a baton of crab-tree, so thick and heavy, that it might well be termed a club.

Ivanhoe 2004

They had scarcely marched a mile when, their legs failing them, they were forced to lie down under a crab-tree, where they passed the night.

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon 2002

The gold-headed crab-tree cane left him by Benjamin Franklin—what better hands could hold it than those of his one surviving brother, Charles?

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

The gold-headed crab-tree cane left him by Benjamin Franklin—what better hands could hold it than those of his one surviving brother, Charles?

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

The gold-headed crab-tree cane left him by Benjamin Franklin—what better hands could hold it than those of his one surviving brother, Charles?

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

The gold-headed crab-tree cane left him by Benjamin Franklin—what better hands could hold it than those of his one surviving brother, Charles?

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

Three oak cudgels, with one of crab-tree; all bought for the use of

The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 George A. Aitken