Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier, laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus,
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Fr. laurier—L. laurus.
In literature:
UNDER THE LAUREL BUSH.
"A World of Girls" by L. T. Meade
That was why he gazed with wistful eyes at that laurel clump, so vivid in the pouring rays.
"The House with the Green Shutters" by George Douglas Brown
Jane plucked the laurel and crowned herself.
"The Creators" by May Sinclair
Among the laurels of a garden beyond field batteries were in position.
"Waiting for Daylight" by Henry Major Tomlinson
And yet to these fine things we must submit Our Reason, Arms, our Laurels, and our Wit.
"The Works of Aphra Behn" by Aphra Behn
Their inclination was either to rest on their laurels or to make haste slowly.
"Lord John Russell" by Stuart J. Reid
A statue of the prize-winner was placed in the school and crowned with laurel.
"Little Folks (October 1884)" by Various
She was dead, and Dick buried her himself, under a laurel tree in his garden.
"Dick and His Cat and Other Tales" by Various
They would make ready and flee with their possessions, and be lost in the laurel once again.
"Heart of the Blue Ridge" by Waldron Baily
Our enterprise is ruined, and we shall be stopped this winter at the Laurel Hills.
"From Farm House to the White House" by William M. Thayer
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In poetry:
Nought but bright prophetic laurel!
Laurel over eyes and brows,
Over limbs and over bosom,
Laurel leaves and laurel boughs!
"Daphne" by George Meredith
Thou, thy country's call obeying,
Hast her battles nobly fought;
And, thy ready zeal repaying,
See, she gives the laurels sought.
"To Henry, Written to a Russian Air" by Amelia Opie
And as there plenty grows
Of laurel everywhere,
Apollo's sacred tree,
You may it see
A poet's brows
To crown, that may sing there.
"To The Virginian Voyage" by Michael Drayton
The laurels and loves that await
The Hero returned from the strife,
And the widows that stand at the gate
Loveless and lonely for life.
"A Te Deum" by Alfred Austin
Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.
"XIX: To an Athlete Dying Young" by A E Housman
“Every time that thou rejoicest,
And thy breast with pleasure heaves,
Then that moment is my coffin
Lin’d with rose and laurel leaves.
"Aager And Eliza (From The Old Danish)" by George Borrow
In news:
DeSoto's former water overseer shifts to Laurel.
Former water treatment overseer now in Laurel.
(Photo courtesy Kelly Clem) The Clem family, l to r: Kelly, Dale, Laurel, and Sarah Clem.
Patois 6078 Laurel St New Orleans, LA 70118.
Laurel Fagan and Peter Pecora , both of Lewistown, are engaged to be married on Sept 15 on the beach in Sandbridge, Va. She is the daughter of Robert and Susan Fagan, of McVeytown.
Magna strikes deal to avoid Pimlico , Laurel Park auction.
Mario Pino , in red, rides April's Foil during the first race at Laurel Park Dec 1.
Darts and Laurels — January / February 2009.
Authorities said two armed robbers struck at a business in Laurel.
Officer were called to the Popeye's restaurant in the 3300 block of Laurel Fort Meade Road at 11:53 pm Thursday.
QUITMAN — Quarterback Franklin Jones ran for 141 yards and passed for another 141 yards in leading the Quitman Panthers to a 55-20 win against the Laurel Tornadoes here Friday night.
Man fatally shot in Laurel-area apt.
While there may be no hope for another Led Zeppelin reunion, Robert Plant certainly isn't resting on his laurels.
Darts and Laurels — November / December 2007.
Laurel to The Principia Pilot.
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In science:
J Scott Carter, Daniel Jelsovsky, Seiichi Kamada, Laurel Langford, Masahico Saito, Quand le cohomology and state-sum invariants of knotted curves and surfaces, arXiv:math.
Rack and quandle homology
In Verfification and Validation for Modeling and Simulation in Computational Science and Engineering Applications, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland, 2002.
Validation of the material point method and plasticity with Taylor impact tests
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