† scrophulary Obs.
Also 5 scropholarie, 6 scrophularye.
Anglicized form of scrophularia (cf. F. scrofulaire).
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 269 Ouþir take scropholarie þe rynde þerof & grinde it wiþ grese, & make þerof an emplastre. 1578 Lyte Dodoens i. xxxi. 44 The roote..euer⁓lasting, putting forth yearely new springs, as also doth the rootes of the other two Scrophularies. 1725 Bradley's Fam. Dict. I. s.v. Cancer, Tisans composed of Maiden⁓Hair, Ceterach, great Scrophulary or Knot-grass. |