EMBLEMENTS
\ˈɛmbə͡lmənts], \ˈɛmbəlmənts], \ˈɛ_m_b_əl_m_ə_n_t_s]\
Definitions of EMBLEMENTS
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
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em'bl-ments, n.pl. crops raised by the labour of the cultivator, but not fruits nor grass. [O. Fr. emblaer, to sow with corn--Low L. imblad[=a]re--in, in, bladum, wheat.]
By Thomas Davidson
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[O.Fr., It., to sow with corn (Fr., It.) ; cf. A.S., short, leaf, fruity, Ger., leaf remotely akin to L., flowery bloomy Gr., to teem.] Growing crops of vegetable productions which are planted or sown with a view to speedy return, as grain, root crops, or vegetables, not trees, shrubs, or grass.
By Henry Percy Smith
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