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Wych-elm   Listen
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Wych-elm  n.  (Bot.) A species of elm (Ulmus montana) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm. Note: By confusion this word is often written witch-elm.






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... in the army, was nearly the cause of a slight fracas. Mr. H. G. WELLS has sometimes been seen staring open-mouthed at the painting of the Olympian cosmogony which adorns the ceiling and walls of the Grand Staircase, and in the wych-elm bower Sir J. M. BARRIE tells me that he often thinks out the titles of his new plays. It was here, in fact, whilst he was weighing the delicate question, "Why did Alice-Sit-By-the-Fire?" that the sudden happy answer occurred to ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 5, 1920 • Various



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