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VINE. 213 VINE.<br />
them which the wilde vine (called of vs Aa^rttjra) doth now<br />
bring forth. 1607 Topskll Four./. Beasts 372 Take of the<br />
stalkes of Vitis ttlba, otherwise called Brioni, or wilde Vine,<br />
two..handfuls. 1731 Miller Gard. Diet. s.v. Vitis^ The<br />
Wild Vine, commonly called the Claret Grape. This Sort<br />
of Grape is pretty well known in England. 1753 Chambers''<br />
Cyct. Suppl. S.V. Vitisy The species of Vine enumerated by<br />
Mr. Tournefort, are these: i.The common, or wild Vine.<br />
1796 Withering Brit. Plant's (ed. 3) II. 67 Redberritd<br />
Bryony. Wild Vine. 1814 Scott Lord of Isles 1. xxviii, As<br />
the wild vine in tendrils spread, Droops from the mountain<br />
Qak. 1855 Miss Pkatt Floiver. PI. I. 18 Clematis vitalba.<br />
..Country people call It. .Wild Vine. Ibid. II. 312 A very<br />
pretty climber ts this Wild Bryony,, .called also Wild Vine.<br />
b. In other special names, chiefly of non-Hritish<br />
plants.<br />
Allegbany vine, an American biennial plant {Adiumia<br />
///w^-i'irt), also called 'climbing fumitory'. Arbor vine:<br />
see SpANrsn a. g. Balloon vine, an Australian plant (see<br />
qiiots.). Bean ^'xxi't^ Phascolus di-ocrsi/oiius (see Bean 8).<br />
t Black vine, black bryony. Burdekin vine, an Australian<br />
species of Vitis (see quot.). Caustic vine (see<br />
quot.). Climbing vine, t (a) the Virginian creeper ; (/>) a<br />
cinchonaceous plant, Psyckotria parasitica. Condor<br />
vine, GoHolohus Cunditrango. Cypress vine, quanioclii.<br />
Deer vine, the twinflower (Z/«//c.i). Granadilla<br />
vine : see GRANAorLLA b. Harvey's vine, an Australian<br />
plant, Sarcopetalum Harueyannin. Hungry vine, tiie<br />
green brier or cat-brier (Swilax). India-rubber vine,<br />
Cryptoite^ia grandijlora. Isle of Wight vine, bryony<br />
or black bryony. Lawyer vine : see Lawyer 6. Link<br />
vine, a West Indian species of vanilla {V, articulata).<br />
Madeira or Mexican vine, the climbing plant Boussingaultia<br />
baselloides^ a native of the Andes. Matrimony<br />
vine : see MATRiMONy 7. Mignonette vine : scj<br />
MiGNONKiTE 3. Milk vine, (a) the Southern European<br />
plant Periphca grxca-, (b) a Jamaican plant, Forsteronia<br />
floributuia. Negro vine, a hairy-leaved species of I'incctoxicum.<br />
Pea vine: see Pka-vine. Pepper vine: see<br />
Pepper sb. 5. Pipe vine: see Pipe sh\ w b. Poison<br />
vine: see Poison isprig; be so drunke that he cannot<br />
spcakc. 1794 Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udoipiw xlix, She<br />
found the old woman within, pickin.:; 'vine-stalks. x888<br />
Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 237 The conformation of the *vine<br />
stem has elicited a vast amount of explanatory comment.<br />
1531 Tindale Exp, t fohn (1537) m He y' is cut from y<br />
*vynestockc. .can nut but abyde vnfrutcful. 1600 Surflet<br />
Counirie Farme in. xxxiv, 497 The Italians graft it [sc.<br />
olive-tree] vpon the vine, boring the vine stocUe tieer vnto<br />
the earth {etcl. 1690 Tkmci.e Ess. Anc. ff Mod, Learn,<br />
(1909) 19 A large Table at Memorancy cut out of the thickness<br />
of a Vine-stock. 1868 Morris Earthly Par, (1870) 11.<br />
in. 3 Above them did they see the terraced way, And over<br />
that the vine-stocks, row on row. 1898 Manson Tr
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