treen
/tɹiːn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A territorial division in the Isle of Man.
Example Sentences
- "Erminia's Steed (this while) his Miſtreſs bore / Thro' Foreſts thick among the ſhady Treen,"
- "To ſhew our Reader yet, that theſe are no novel Experiments, we are to know, that a large Tract of the World almoſt altogether ſubſiſt on theſe Treen Liquors; Eſpecially that of the Date,"
- "Theſe homely cups and diſhes pay truly for that they contain: I had rather drink out of treene, and pay gold and ſilver, than drink out of gold and ſilver, and make wooden payment."
- "References to treen are numerous in old English literature, particularly to chalices, cups, bowls, platters, and "services of treen"."