‖n.;
Umbra tree (Bot.),
a. [ L. umbraculum umbrella (dim. of umbra shade) + -ferous. ] (Bot.) Bearing something like an open umbrella. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. umbraculum any thing that furnishes shade, a bower, umbrella (dim. of umbra a shade) + -form. ] Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as a tree top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having the form of an umbrella; umbrella-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ F. ombrage shade, suspicion, umbrage, L. umbraticus belonging to shade, fr. umbra a shade. Cf. Umber, Umbratic. ]
Where highest woods, impenetrable
To star or sunlight, spread their umbrage broad. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of reason on its side. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
Which gave umbrage to wiser than myself. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
Persons who feel most umbrage from the overshadowing aristocracy. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. ombrageux shy, skittish, suspicious, in OF. also, shady. See Umbrage. ]
Umbrageous grots and caves
Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine
Lays forth her purple grape. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. umbratus, p. p. of umbrare to shade, fr. umbra a shade. ] To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. umbratilus, fr. umbra shade. ] Umbratic. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. umbra a shade. Cf. Umbrageous. ] Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage. [ Obs. & R. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]