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Treen vs Reen - What's the difference?

treen | reen |

As nouns the difference between treen and reen

is that treen is (obsolete) or treen can be household articles made of wood while reen is rain.

As an adjective treen

is pertaining to or derived from trees; wooden; made of wood.

treen

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) treon, treowen, equivalent to .

Noun

(head)
  • (obsolete) .
  • * Fairfax
    • The shady treen .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) treen, from (etyl) . See (l), (l).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to or derived from trees; wooden; made of wood.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Camden)
    • Treen cups.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Evelyn)
    • Treen liquors, especially that of the date.

    Noun

  • Household articles made of wood.
  • A large wooden platter.
    • Synonyms
    * (household articles made of wood) treenware

    Anagrams

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    reen

    English

    Alternative forms

    * rhyne

    Noun

    (reens)
  • a running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.
    • (usage reference: Evans, Trevor (2007) Flora of Monmouthshire ISBN 0-900278-49-8) Alternative spelling is "rhyne" or "rean" (reference:http://dictionary.reference.com/cite.html?qh=rean&ia=ced)

    Anagrams

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