ˈherbalize, v. arch.
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
intr. To collect (medicinal) herbs. Hence ˈherbalizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1695 Sibbald Autobiog. (1834) 131, I went and herbalized in the downes and woods with the gardner of the medicine garden. 1767 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 89/1 At the herbalizing feast of the company of apothecaries Mr. Latham recommended the Lamium Album or white nettle to the notice of his brethren. 1769 Lloyd's Evening Post 12-14 July 45 Yesterday the Apothecaries Company held their Herbalizing feast, at the Assembly-house on Blackheath. 1801 C. Smith Solit. Wand. II. 93 Of the fruits of her herbalizing. 1835 Gentl. Mag. July 3 The Briseis of the tent, with her handmaids, was sent to herbalize on the banks of the river for some fresh and cooling diaphoretic. |