OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32338

hamadryad

/hæməˈdɹaɪæd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hamadríada
A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.
The hamadryades have gone, like the golden fancies of which they were engendered—morning dreams of a young world scarce awake, but full of freshness and beauty. Yet often will the…
The various supports, rafters, braces and plates are of pandanus logs of a rich oily brown, and make one think of a sylvan cathedral where hamadryads might very well dance, where S…
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