ˈall-ˌheal
[all- E 4.]
† 1. A balsam or medicine that heals all wounds; a heal-all or panacea. Obs.
| 1630 Drayton Muses Elys., Nymphal v. Wks. 1793, 621/2 This all-heal..New wounds so quickly healing. 1633 G. Herbert Offering iv. in Temple 141 There is a balsome..which doth both cleanse and close all sorts of wounds..Seek out this All-heal. |
2. A name applied to various plants, in consequence of virtues ascribed to them, as— † a. The Mistletoe. † b. An umbelliferous plant, Opoponax Chironium, native to the S. of Europe. c. The Great Valerian (V. officinalis). † d. The Milfoil or Yarrow. e. A local name (‘in Cheshire and Yorkshire’ Britten and Holl.) of the plant also called Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris). f. Clown's Allheal: A name given by Gerard to the Woundwort (Stachys palustris).
| 1597 Gerard Herbal 850 Hercules Alheale or Woundwoort. Ibid. 851 Clownes Woundwoort or Alheale. 1598 Florio, Achilea, the hearb Yarrow, All-heale, Nose-bleed, or Milfoile. 1601 Holland Pliny (1634) I. 497 They call it [Mistletoe] in their language All-Heale, (for they haue an opinion of it, that it cureth all maladies whatsoeuer). 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Cancer, Take the Flowers and Stems of the Herb All-Heal (the Flowers are white and very small). |