tree soul (tresol)

A vivifying sentient spirit imagined by tree-worshipers to exist in every tree. Orthodox Buddhism decided against the tree - souls , and consequently against the scruple to harm them, declaring trees to have no mind nor sentient principle. E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, I. 475. tree-sparrow (trē'spar"ō), n. 1. In Great Britain, Pa er montan us , a near relative of the house-sparrow. It has been naturalized to some extent in the United States. See Pa er2 and sparrow .-2. In the United States, Spizella monticola. This is a very common sparrow, belonging to the same genus as the chipping-sparrow, and much resembling it, but larger and more northerly in habitat, being chiefly seen in the United States in the late fall, winter, and early spring months. It is at least 6 inches long and 9 in extent. The under mandible is in part yellow, the toes are quite blackish, and there is a dark spot in the middle of the breast, as in the song-sparrow, but no streaks on the under parts. The cap is chestnut, much like the chip-bird's, and the back is streaked much bandier chiefly haunts rubbery and undergrowth. The name perpetuates the original mis take of J. R. Forster (1772), who took it for the bird of def. 1. tree-squirrel (trē ́skwur"el), n. A true or typical squirrel; one of the arboreal species of the genus Sciurus as distinguished from States.