Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WOOD'Y
WOOD'Y, a. [from wood.]
- Abounding with wood; as, woody land; a woody region. Secret shades / Of woody Ida's inmost grove. – Milton.
- Consisting of wood; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants.
- Pertaining to woods; sylvan; as, woody nymphs. – Spenser.
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