† weedwind Obs.
[ad. MDu. wedewinde = G. wehdwinde (see withwind), with assimilation of the first element to weed n.]
a. Black Bindweed, Polygonum Convolvulus. b. Wild Convolvulus, Convolvulus arvensis.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens iii. liii. 394 Of blacke Withiwinde, or Bindeweede..This kinde of Bindeweede is called..in shoppes Volubilis media, that is to say, The meane Bindeweede..in English Weedewinde, and Windweede, or Iuybindweede. 1597 Gerarde Herbal Table Engl. Names, Weedwind, that is withywind. 1601 R. Chester Love's Mart. (1878) 82 Sweete Trefoile, Weedwind, the wholesome Wormewood. 1665 Lovell Herball (ed. 2) 465 Weed wind, see Withy wind. |