shrubbery

[Eng.shrub (1), s.; -ery.] 1. Shrubs generally or collectively. 2. A plantation of shrubs, formed as an ornament to gardens or pleasure-grounds. "All the shore is adorned by a gay succe ion of counHist. Eng ., ch. xvi. and acting as a fair-leader for the running-rigging. try houses, shrubberies, and flower beds."-Macaulay: shroud, v . t . & i. [SHROUD, 8.] A. Transitive : 1. To shelter or conceal with a shroud or covering; to cover, to hide from sight; to veil; to envelope so as to conceal. "Amid the flock's the domestic herd His harmle head he hopes to shroud ." Scott: The Chase, xxiii. shrub-bi-ne , s . [Eng. shrubby; -ne .] The quality or state of being shrubby. shrŭb-by, a. [Eng. shrub (1), s.; -y.] 1. Full of or abounding with shrubs. "Due west it rises from this shrubby point." Milton: Comus , 306. 2. Resembling a shrub; specifically applied to 2. To put a shroud or winding-sheet on; to dre perennial plants having several woody stems. for the grave. "If I die before thee, shroud me In one of these same sheets." Shakesp.: Othello, iv. 3. 3. To lop the branches of. ( Prov.) *B. In trans.: To take shelter or harbor. *shroude, v. [SHROUD, v.] shroud-ěd, pa. par. or a. [SHROUD, v.] "The land about it is dry and sandy, bearing only a few shrubby trees." - Dampier : Voyages , ch. vi. 3. Consisting of shrubs or brushwood. "The shrubby herbage on their meagre hills." Armstrong: Art of Preserving Health. shrubby-trefoil, s. Bot.: The genus Ptelea (q. v.), and specifically Ptelea trifoliata . shruble