succory
(ˈsʌkərɪ)
Forms: 6 suckorie, -ery(e, -erie, succoury, -arie, -orye, succhory, 6–7 succorie, 7 suckary, succoreye, 8 succury, 6– succory.
[Alteration of cicoree, sichorie, sycory, old forms of chicory, q.v., after MLG. suckerîe, MDu. sûkerîe (Du. suikerei, older Flem. suykerey, succory).]
1. The plant Cichorium Intybus (N.O. Compositæ), with bright blue flowers, found wild in England, esp. by roadsides. Also, its leaves and roots used medicinally and as food (cf. chicory, endive).
Also called for distinction wild succory.
| 1533 Elyot Cast. Helth (1541) 28 b, Cykorie or suckorie is lyke in operation to lettise. 1548 Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 44 Intybus syluestris is of two sortes, the one is called in latin Cichorium, and in englishe Succory or hardewes. c 1550 Lloyd Treas. Health G j b, The ioyce of Succorye put into the eare or nostrel that is on the contrary syde to the grefe taketh away vtterly the tooth ache. 1655 Culpepper, etc. Riverius i. i, In Summer we can allow a moderate use of Herbs,..as Endive, Succory, Sorrel. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. i. 182 And spreading Succ'ry choaks the rising Field. 1736 Bailey Househ. Dict. s.v., Succory pounded and put under the left nipple eases the heart-ache. 1750 Phil. Trans. XLVI. 377 He had taken, for some Days, a Decoction of wild Succory. 1833 Macaulay Ess., War Success. Spain (1897) 239 The conquerors were trying to manufacture coffee out of succory, and sugar out of beet⁓root. 1880 Jefferies Gt. Estate 131 The blue succory and the scarlet poppies stand side by side in the yellow wheat. |
2. Applied with qualifying words to other composites, chiefly of the tribe
Cichoriaceæ:
garden succory:
= endive 1 b.
gum succory: see
gum n.2 9 b.
hog succory;
= swine's succory (
b).
lamb succory, the genus
Arnoseris (
Treas. Bot.).
poison succory,
Aposeris fœtida (ibid.).
† rush (rushy) succory: see
rush n.1 7.
swine's succory, (
a) dwarf nipplewort,
Arnoseris (
Lapsana)
pusilla; (
b) the genus
Hyoseris.
wart succory:
= swine's succory (
a).
† yellow succory,
Picris hieracioides.
| 1538 Turner Libellus, Intubum, Suckery, Ryght gardyn wylde. 1548 [see gum n.2 9 b, rush n.1 7]. 1548 Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 42 Hieracium..may be called in englishe greate Haukweede or yealowe Succory. Ibid. 44 Intybus hortensis is of two sortes, the one is called Endyue, or whyte Endyue, & the other is called gardine Succory. 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. xxix. 224 Blewe gum Succorie. Ibid. 225 Yellowe gum Succorie. Ibid., Rushie gum Succorie hath a tough and harde roote. Ibid. 226 The male Swines Succorie hath a long and slender roote. 1601 Chester Love's Mart., etc. (1878) 82 Mosse of the Sea, and yellow Succorie, Sweete Trefoile, [etc.]. 1728 Bradley Dict. Bot., Swine's Succory or Hawksweed. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 328 Succory, Wart, Lapsana. 1776 Withering Arrangem. Veget. 493 Hyoseris Minima..Small Swine's Succory. 1829 Lindley Synops. Brit. Flora 157 L[apsana] pusilla... Swine's succory. |
3. attrib., as
succory leaf,
succory plant,
succory powder,
succory root,
succory seed;
succory broth,
water, a decoction made from succory, used as a cooling draught;
succory dock-cress, nipplewort,
Lapsana communis;
succory hawkweed, the genus
Crepis.
| 1809 Med. Jrnl. XXI. 393 It may be taken..mixed with syrup of *succory broth. |
| 1857 Pratt Flower. Pl. III. 218 Common Nipple-wort..is sometimes called Swine's-cress, and *Succory Dock-cress. |
| 1776 Withering Arrangem. Veget. 486 Crepis Tectorum..Smooth *Succory Hawk-weed. |
| 1688 Holme Armoury ii. iv. 60/1 He beareth Argent, a *Succory Leaf, Vert. 1831 J. Davies Manual Mat. Med. 122 Succory leaves. |
| 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 614/2 The Chicory or *Succory plant. |
| 1867 Brande & Cox Dict. Sci., etc. III. 637/2 If *succory powder be present [in coffee]. |
| 1570 in Gutch Coll. Cur. (1781) II. 7 *Suckerye rotes and parsnip rotes. 1832 Veg. Subst. Food of Man 304 The succory root..is..cut in pieces, and..dried to admit of its being..ground. |
| 1665 Hooke Microgr. 156 *Succory Seeds are like a Quiver full of Arrows. |
| 1670 Temple Lett. Wks. 1731 II. 222 A Glass of *Succory-Water. 1822 Scott Nigel xvi, Drink succory-water to cool your blood. 1839 James Louis XIV, III. 296 And drinking a glass of succory water, she was suddenly seized with violent pain. |