trifolyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

trifoly (countable and uncountable, plural trifolies) (obsolete)

1. Melilot; sweet clover
   • 1604 March 25 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), B[en] Jon[son], “The Pegme at Fen-church”, in B. Jon: His Part of King James His Royall and Magnificent Entertainement through His Honorable Cittie of London, Thurseday the 15. of March. 1603. […], London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] [and George Eld] for Edward Blount, published 1604, →OCLC, signature [A4], verso:

     She vvas crovvned vvith a Chaplet of Trifoly, to expreſſe readines, and openneſſe euery vvay; […]

2. The plant trefoil.
   • 1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Third”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 87:

     Braid moonfern now with mystic trifoly / Because once more Goito gets, once more, / Sordello to itself!

参照

“trifoly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.