Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A gorgoniaceous polyp of the genus Gorgonia, as G. anceps and others, with slender flexible branches like withes or osier.
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Examples
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Branches of sea-willow radiant with spring, and supple sprays of tamarisk recovering from the winter, were lightly inwoven and arched together, with the soft compliance of reed and rush from the marsh close by, and the stout assistance of hazel rods from the westward cliff.
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Sometimes, with the paint stirred up and creaming, and the ooze of the brush trimmed warily, through the rushes and ragwort and sea-willow his keen, unconquerable eyes would spy the only figure that quelled them, faraway, shown against the shining water, or shadowed upon the flat mirror of the sand.
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