leavy

See also: Leavy

English

Adjective

leavy (comparative more leavy, superlative most leavy)

Alternative form of leafy.
- 1567, Ovid, “The Third Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC:
  Within the furthest end thereof there was a pleasant Bowre
  So vaulted with the leauie trées the Sunne had there no powre:
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi]:
  Now neere enough:
  Your leauy Skreenes throw downe,
  And shew like those you are […]
- 1758, James Macpherson, The Highlander‎^[1], Edinburgh: Canto 2, page 20:
  Thus when devouring hatchet-men invade,
  With sounding steel, the forest’s leavy head,
  The mountains ring with their repeated strokes;
- 1991, Mary Berry, Mary Berry’s Cookery Course, Piatkus, →ISBN, page 224:
  Put a good bunch of leavy herbs, such as basil, marjoram, dill, tarragon and parsley into the blender or processor and process for a few moments until roughly chopped, then add the butter, garlic and seasoning and continue as above.
- 1994, Glorious New Zealand Gardens‎^[2], Premier Books, →ISBN:
  While painted rails give you the impression that you are crossing a bridge and winding paths provide coherence to the shade lover’s garden, where white painted ladies shelter in the leavy coolness.
- 1996, Margaret Thomson Davis, A Kind of Immortality, London: Century, →ISBN, page 192:
  A low road ran off Queen Margaret Drive, where the BBC was situated, and alongside the leavy, tree-lined Botanic Gardens.
- 1999 May 30, “Fruits and veggies may protect against stroke”, in Regina Sun, page 38, column 2:
  Folic acid is found in grains and certain dark green leavy vegetables.
- 2004, Anita Bean, The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition, 4th edition, Guilford, Conn.: The Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 61:
  Antioxidant / Folate | Food source / Spinach, broccoli, curly kale, green cabbage and other green leavy vegetables
- 2009 April 5, Fair Craig Hash, “Ci et Ca Avec Belle”, in The Rayne Acadian-Tribune, 114th year, number 25, Rayne, La., page 9, column 3:
  Homing birds nesting in tall, leavy trees / In splendor performing their rare symphonies.
- 2019 August 11, Teddy Allen, “It’s not the heat, it’s … wait; it IS the heat!”, in The Times, volume 148, number 257, page 4D, column 4:
  I thought the canna needed sun but they’re rowed up head-high in the shade along the back fence like a tall line of leavy green soldiers.

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Anagrams

Alvey, Lavey, Leyva, vealy