+ beechen

[A.S. becen. In Ger. buchen, büchen.] Pertaining or relating to beech. Specially "And Dati and Franc in i both have made My name familiar to the beechen shade." Cowper: Trans. of Milton (Death of Damon). 2. Made of beech-wood. "In beechen goblets let their beverage shine, Cool from the crystal spring, their sober wine." Cowper: Trans. of Milton's Elegy. This form is now practically obsolete, except in poetry; its place being supplied by the substantive beech used adjectively.