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Webster 1913 Edition

Beechen

Beech′en

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Adj.
[AS.
b[GREEK]cen
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Consisting, or made, of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech.
“Plain beechen vessels.”
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Beechen

BEE'CHEN

,
Adj.
bee'chn. Consisting of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech; as a beechen vessel.

Definition 2024

beechen

beechen

English

Adjective

beechen ‎(not comparable)

  1. Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech.

Translations

References

  • beechen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

From Middle English bechen, from Old English bēċen ‎(“made of beechwood, beechen”), equivalent to beech +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch beuken ‎(“beechen”).

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