sweetgum (swetgum)

The American liquidambar, Li quidam bar Styraciflua, or its exuding balsam. See Liquidambar, and IMG:content-2622.png:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] storax ). sweetheart (swet'härt), n. [ [Colloq.] For thow hast lengthed my lif, & my langour schortet, Thurth the solas & the sizt of the, my swete hert! William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1550. Mistre ,.. you must retire yourself Into some covert; take your sweetheart's hat, And pluck it o'er your brows. Shak., W. T., iv. 4. 664.