† squinant Bot. Obs.
Also 6 squynant, 6–7 squinanth.
[ad. med.L. squinantus, -anthus, ad. late Gr. σχοίνανθος. So obs. F. squinant, It. squinante, -anto.]
= schœnanth.
| α 1548 Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 45 Juncus odoratus sive rotundus, is called in greeke Schenos, in englishe squinant, in duche Kamelhewe. 1562 ― Herbal ii. (1568) 24, I neuer sawe squynant growinge, sauinge only dryed. 1597 Gerarde Herbal i. xxix. 40 Camels haie is called..in English Camels haie, and Squinant. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Squinant,..the sweet rush, which is very medicinable: Camels meat. a 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxxii. 275 There is neither Squinant, Ginger nor Grains in it. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Squinanthus, Squinant, a sweet-smelling Arabian Plant, otherwise call'd the sweet Rush and Camel's-Hay. |
| β 1598 Florio, Squinance, squinanth, cammels meate, or sweet rush, which is very medicinable. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 101 The medicinable vertues of the sweet Rush called Squinanth... Squinanth is round, of an hote and fiery taste. 1616 Bullokar Eng. Exp., Squinanth, a kinde of round rush, which is sweet, and hath flowers very medicinable. |