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See also:ARBOUR, or ARBOR (originally " herber " or " erber," O. Fr. herbier, from See also:Lat. See also:herbarium, a collection of herbs, herba, grass; the word came to be spelt " See also:arber " through its See also:pronunciation, as in the See also:case of See also:Derby, and by the 16th See also:century was written " ar bour," helped by a confusion of derivation from See also:Lat. arbor, a See also:tree, and by See also:change of meaning), a grass-See also:plot or See also:lawn, a See also:herb-See also:garden, or See also:orchard, and a shady See also:bower of interlaced trees, or climbing See also:plants trained on lattice-See also:work . The application of the word has shifted from the grass-covered ground, the proper meaning, to the covering of trees overhead . " Arbor " (from the Latin for " tree ") is a See also:term applied to the spindle of a See also:wheel, particularly in See also:clock-making . |
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