oak (ok)

[Early mod. E. oke, Sc. aik ), 2 White Oak ( Quercus alba). 1, branch with acorns; 2, branch with male catkins; a, a male flower. oak see dryad). The Lith. auzolas, Lett. ohsols, oak, are prob. not related to the Teut. name. For the confusion of acorn with oak, see acorn. Oak (ME. oke ) occurs in the surnames Nokes and Snooks.] 1. A tree or shrub of the genus Quer cus, a large and widely dispersed group, chiefly of forest-trees. In its nobler representatives the oak as "the monarch of the forest" has always been impre ive, and it anciently held an important place in religious 4050 Same as quercitron oak. Evergreen oak, when used specifically, same as holm - oak.-Forest oak. See Casu arina.Gall-oak. See gall3. - Gospel oak, holy oak, individual oaks here and there in England under which religious services were held, and which became resting stations in the old ceremony of beating the parish bounds. Dearest, bury me Under that holy oke or Gospel Tree; Where, though thou see'st not, thou mayst think upon Herrick , Me, when thou yearly go'st Proce ion. oakum oak-feeding (ōk'fē"ding), a. Feeding on oak- leaves; quercivorous: specifically said of cer- tain silkworms, larvæ of the moths Antheræa yamamai of Japan and H. pernyi of China, which produce an inferior kind of silk. oak-fern (ōk'fėrn), n. The fern Poly podium Phegopteris. oak-fig (ōk'fig), n . A gall produced on twigs of white oak in the United States by Cynips fort i- corn is: so called from its resemblance to a fig. oak-frog (ōk'frog), n. A North American toad, Bufo quercus : so called because it frequents oak-openings. Green oak, a condition of oak-wood caused by its being impregnated with the spawn of Peziza æruginosa. - Heart of oak. See heart. Indian oak. See teak. - Iron-oak, the Turkey oak, or post-oak.-Italian oak, Quercus Escu lus of southern Europe and western Asia, supposed to be the esculus of Virgil. Erroneously called Italian beech. Jerusalem oak, oak of Jerusalem, the herb Chenopo- oak-gall (ok' dium Botrys: so called from the form of its leaves. Also See galls. called feather - geranium. See Che no podium and ambrose. oak-hooktip (ōk'hük"tip), n. A British moth, -Laurel-oak. (a) Quercus laurifolia, an unimportant Platypteryx hamula. cies is distributed throughout a great part of Europe and in western Asia. It attains great age, with an extreme height of 120 feet. For ship-building its timber is considered invaluable, the requisite toughne other qualities without extreme weight, and until recently it was the prevailing material of British shipping. It is also used for construction, cabinet-work, etc. Its bark is IMG:content-1542.png:[blocks in formation] 1, willow-oak of North America ( Quercus Phellos ); 2, chestnut-oak of North America (Q. Prinus ); 3, black-jack of North America (Q. nigra); 4. Q. Ilex , of Europe; 5, Q. acuta , of Japan; 6, Q. lance a folia , of the Malay peninsula: 7, scarlet oak of North America (Q. coccinea); 8, Q. lucid a, of the Malay peninsula. a tanning substance of great importance. In the eastern half of North America the white oak, Q. alba, in England sometimes called Quebec oak, occupies a somewhat similar but le commanding position. It rises from 70 to 140 feet, and affords a hard, tough, and durable wood, used, though not equal to the English oak, in ship-building, construction of all sorts, the manufacture of carriages and implements, cabinet-making, etc. The bur, over cup, or mo y-cup oak, Q. macrocarpa, is a tree of similar range, equal size, and even superior wood, which is not always distinguished from that of the white oak. 2. One of various other trees or plants in some respects resembling the oak.-3. The wood of an oak-tree.-4. One of certain moths: as, the scalloped oak. [British collectors' name.] -5. The club at cards. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] Abraham's oak, a famous and venerable tree at Mamre in Palestine, on the traditional site of the tree under which the patriarch is supposed to have pitched his tent. - African oak, a valuable wood for some ship-building purposes, obtained from Old field i a African a. Also called Afri can teak. Barren oak, the black-jack, Quercus nigra: 80 called from growing in sandy barrens. --Bartram's oak, a rare and local tree of the United States, Quercus heterophylla, sometimes regarded as a hybrid. - Basket-oak, Quercus Michauzii, the common white oak of the Gulf States: useful for implements, cooperage, construction, etc., and especially suited to basket-making.--Bear-oak. See scrub oak BaBelote oak, a rather small evergreen spe. cies, Quercus of the Mediterranean region, whose acorns, raw or boiled, furnish an important food. Also ballote. Bitter oak, the Turkey oak. - Black oak. (a) The quercitron oak. (b) The red oak. (c) Quercus Emoryi of Texas. Blue oak. Same as mountain white oak.Botany Bay oak, any tree of the genus Casuarina (which see). See also beefwood. - British oak, English oak. See def. 1. Bur-oak. See def. 1.- Charter oak, an oaktree in Hartford, Connecticut, in which, according to tradition, was concealed in 1687 the colonial charter which had been demanded by the royal governor Andros. The tree was blown down in 1856.- Chestnut-oak, one of several American species with leaves like the chestnut: namely, Quercus Prinus, rock chestnut-oak, with timber useful for fencing, railroad-ties, etc., and bark excellent for tanning; Q. prinoides, also called yellow oak and chin kapin - oak, with wood like the last, and small edible acorns; and Q. dens i flora, tanbark or peach-oak, its wood largely used for fuel, its bark the best on the Pacific coast for oak. Same as cork-tree. Cow-oak. Same as basket (ōk'gal), n. An oak-apple or oak-wart. shingle - oak. - Lea's oak, Quercus Leana, an apparent hy. oak-lappet (ōk'lap"et), n. A British moth, Gas brid between Q. imbricaria and Q. tinct or i a. - Live oak. See live - oak.-Man in the oak. See man. -Maul-oak. See live - oak.-Mo y-cup oak. (a) The bur-oak, some times distinguishes chile mo y cup (b) The Turkey oak. New Zealand oak. See Knight i a. - Nut-gall. oak. See galls.-Oaks of Bashan, oaks apparently of several species the Valonia-oak, the holm-oak, and oth ers. Over cup-oak. See def. 1, and post - oak. oak. See chestnut - oak, above, and willow -oak. Quebec oak. See def. 1. Royal oak, an oak-tree formerly standing at Boscobel (border of Shropshire and Staff ords hire, England), in which Charles II. took refuge for a day soon after his defeat at Worcester, on September 3d, 1651. -Scarlet oak, a North American oak, Quercus coccinea: so named from the color of its leaves in autumn. - Silky or silk-bark oak. See Grevillea. Tan-bark oak. See chestnut- oak, above. - The Oaks stakes, a race run at Epsom in Surrey, England, two days after the Derby. These races were originated by the twelfth Earl of Derby in 1779, and received their name from Lambert's Oaks in the parish of Wood mans terne, near Epsom. To sport one's oak, in Eng. university slang, to be "not at home" to visitors this being notified by closing the outer oak door of one's rooms. - Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris, the mo y-cup oak of southern Europe. Its wood is prized by wheelwrights, cabinet-makers, etc., and is also useful for building. The American Turkey oak is Q. Catesbær of the southeastern United States. Its wood is useful chiefly for fuel. Q. falcata, the Spanish oak, is also sometimes locally called Turkey oak. Val para i so oak. See live- oak. Weeping oak. See white oak, below.-White oak, Quercus alba (see def. 1), and four species of Pacific North America: namely, Q. lobata, the weeping oak; Q. Garryana, its wood the best subtitute in that region for eastern white oak; Q. oblong i folia; and Q. grise a. The mountain white oak, or blue oak, is the Californiane Douglas i i. The swamp white oak is Q. bicolor of eastern North America; its wood is used for the same purposes as that of Q. alba. The water white oak is the same as the post - oak. See post - oak. - Yellow-bark See quercitron . Yellow oak. See chestnut -oak, above, and quercitron. (See also he- oak, jack - oak, kermes - oak.) oak-apple (ōk'ap"l), n. An oak-gall. See gall3, - Oak-apple day, in England, the 29th of May, on which day boys wear oak-apples in their hats in commemoration King Charles appear the at rom mem oration tropacha quercifolia.