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Definition of Osier

Osier
Osier O"sier, n. [F. osier: cf. Prov. F. oisis, Armor. ozil, aozil, Gr. ?, ?, ?, L. vitex, and E. withy.] (Bot.) (a) A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow. (b) One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants. The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream. --Shak. Osier bed, or Osier holt, a place where willows are grown for basket making. [Eng.] Red osier. (a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs (Salix rubra). (b) An American shrub (Cornus stolonifera) which has slender red branches; -- also called osier cornel.
Osier
Osier O"sier, a. Made of osiers; composed of, or containing, osiers. ``This osier cage of ours.' --Shak.

Meaning of Osier from wikipedia

- Look up osier in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Osier may refer to: Willow or osier, a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs Common osier (Salix viminalis)...
- Salix viminalis, the basket willow, common osier or osier, is a species of willow native to Europe, Western Asia, and the Himalayas. Salix viminalis is...
- Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus Salix, comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs...
- Cornus sericea, the red osier or red-osier dogwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to much of North America. It has sometimes...
- An osier bed or osiery is where historically willows were planted and coppiced to produce withies, which were used for basket making, fish-traps, and...
- Salix purpurea, the purple willow, purpleosier willow, or purple osier, is a species of willow native to most of Europe and north to the British Isles...
- Osier is a ghost town in Conejos County, Colorado, U.S. Although the U.S. Geographic Names Information System classifies it as a po****ted place, it is...
- Faith Hope Among’in Osier is a Kenyan immunologist, paediatrician and educator. Faith Osier was born in Kenya in 1972. trained the University of Nairobi...
- Osier is a ghost town in Delta County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. A post office was established at Osier in 1898, closed in 1901, reopened in 1910...
- In tableware the Osier pattern is a moulded basket-weave pattern in delicate relief used round the borders of porcelain plates and other pieces of flatware...