Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
woodland .
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Examples
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Beyond that, the Mercy was lost in the bushwood, where it was fed from some hidden source.
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Beyond that, the Mercy was lost in the bushwood, where it was fed from some hidden source.
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His favorite walk was to the summit of a hillock overgrown with stunted bushwood.
The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Various
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They struggled upwards through the bushwood and starry flowers.
Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett
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One or two familiar voices hailed him as he passed, but he was not disposed to gossip, for the moment, and turned abruptly into the bushwood, so as to avoid any encounter.
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Trees and bushwood hid it from view on one side; broken steps went up a second, which led more or less perilously to the top, where a table, some rough wooden seats, and a rustic chair or two showed that it was used by the children, if not by their elders.
Chatterbox, 1906 Various 1873
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One or two familiar voices hailed him as he passed, but he was not disposed to gossip, for the moment, and turned abruptly into the bushwood, so as to avoid any encounter.
A Woodland Queen — Complete Andr�� Theuriet 1870
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Precipices and road accidents are everywhere the same; but in the Alps the bushwood is at least accessible, and the trees are of a determinate height, while in America the former are fine mountains and the latter colossal masses which you can scarcely take in in one view, and which you can displace only by strength of arm and length of time.
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And then, after wheeling round and round the coming horsemen, with many a plunge, and lash, and savage cry, they darted after their companions, and disappeared amongst the bushwood.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Other bodies of the light armed; slingers, javelin throwers, and archers, were planted in spots carefully selected, according as they were protected by trees, bushwood, and dykes.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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