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Timothy

noun

Grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay. Synonyms: herd's grass, Phleum pratense.

A disciple of Saint Paul who became the leader of the Christian community at Ephesus.

A grass grown for hay.

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"Timothy" Quotes from Famous Books

... believe—the second half of the third, and the whole of the fourth verse of the fifth chapter of St. John's Gospel, the story of the woman taken in adultery, and probably the whole of the last chapter of St. John's Gospel, not to mention the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles to Timothy, Titus, and to the Ephesians, the Epistles of Peter and James, the famous verses as to the three witnesses in the First Epistle of St. John, and perhaps also the book of Revelation. These are passages and works about which there is either no doubt at all as to their not being ...

— The Fair Haven • Samuel Butler

... a verse from the precepts addressed by St. Paul to Timothy, as to the conduct necessary in a spiritual pastor and guide, and it was immediately evident that the good clergy of Barchester were to have ...

— Barchester Towers • Anthony Trollope

... as we drove through the country. The air had the indescribably sweet smell of ripening grain, clover-blooms, and new hay; for the high stands of wild hay around the ponds and lakes are all being cut this year, and even the timothy along the roads, and there was a mellow undertone of mowing machines everywhere, like the distant hum of a city. Fat cattle stood knee-deep in a stream as we passed, and others lay contentedly on the clover-covered ...

— The Next of Kin - Those who Wait and Wonder • Nellie L. McClung

... says Timothy; 'Pomegranates pink,' says Elaine; 'A junket of cream and a cranberry tart For ...

— Songs of Childhood • Walter de la Mare

... his fork with one hand to stoop for a head of timothy that had escaped the scythe, and he put the stem of it between his teeth, where it moved up and down, and whipped fantastically about as he talked, before he answered, "You ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

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