anet
(ˈænət)
Also 3–6 anete, 4–6 annet(t, ennet.
[a. Fr. anet, aneth:—L. anēthum, a. Gr. ἄνηθον, dial. form of ἄνῑσον dill, anise; the two carminatives being originally confounded. See anise.]
The herb Dill (Anethum graveolens).
| c 1265 in Wright Voc. 140 Anetum, anete, dile. 1382 Wyclif Matt. xxiii. 23 Woo to ȝou, scribis and Pharisees..that tithen mente, anete [v.r. anese] and comyn. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. lxxi. (1495) 645 The sede of Ferula is lyke to Annet. 1533 Elyot Cast. Helth (1541) 76 Oyle of camomyll, oyle of anete, and other lyke. 1540 R. Wisdom in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. App. cxv. 317 To tyth mint & annett. 1617 Minsheu, Anet; Vide Dill. 1736 Bailey Househ. Dict., Anet or Dill, a plant much resembling fennel. 1811 Hooper Med. Dict., Anethum, Fennel, dill, anet. |
b. Comb. anetseed, the seed of Anet or Dill (sometimes confounded with aniseed).
| 1549 Compl. Scotl. vi. 67 Ennetseidis that consumis the ventositeis of the stomac. 1549 Latimer 7 Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 165 Their doctrine was vnsauery, it was but of Lolions, of decimations of Anets seade, and Cummyn and suche gere. 1571 Wills & Inv. N. Count. (1835) II. 363, Ij lb. of annetseedes xvjd. |