What does leafmeal mean?
Leafmeal means (poetic or obsolete) One leaf at a time; leaf by leaf..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(poetic or obsolete) One leaf at a time; leaf by leaf..
Áh! ás the heart grows older / It will come to such sights colder / By and by, nor spare a sigh / Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; […]
The Wilburtsons' pool, by contrast, is a swirl of sunk and sinking leafmeal, their yellow cat basking on the diving board.
Use leafmeal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Leafmeal means (poetic or obsolete) One leaf at a time; leaf by leaf..
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Áh! ás the heart grows older / It will come to such sights colder / By and by, nor spare a sigh / Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; […]
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