ˈglidewort
[a half-adoption, half-translation of MDu. glidcruijt (Du. glidkruid) = Ger. glidkraut; the first element seems to mean ‘limb’, the reference being to the use of the herb as a remedy for gout.]
† a. An old name for species of Sideritis. b. (See quot. 1866.)
| 1640 Parkinson Theat. Bot. 588 The Germans [call it] Glidkraut, the Dutch Glidcruijt, and wee in English after the Dutch name, Glidewort of some, and Ironwort of most. 1866 Treas. Bot., Glidewort, Galeopsis Tetrahit. 1879 Britten & Holland Plant-n. 207. |