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Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree.

Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branches of a tree or in a hollow trunk, a practice among many primitive peoples.

A bright brown polished calfskin binding of books, stained with a conventional treelike design.

A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.

The quantity or number which fills a tree.

Destitute of trees. C. Kingsley.

Made of wood; wooden. [Obs.] " Treen cups." Camden.

A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other. [Written also trenail, and trunnel.]

A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.

A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.

Axle or axletree. [Obs.] Drayton.

A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).

A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.

The beech.

A small scrubby tree (Balanites Ægyptiaca) growing in dry regions of tropical Africa and Asia.

The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha. The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus religiosa), which is planted close to every temple, and attracts almost…

hich, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven. The pretty boots trimly stretched on boottrees. Thackeray.

The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill. Knight.

The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceæ, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.

A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street. He seeks by-streets, and saves the expensive coach. Gay.