† ivray Obs.
Also -aye.
[a. F. ivraie, † ivroie (16th c. in Littré):—L. ebriāca drunken (sc. herba), in reference to its intoxicating qualities.]
The weed Darnel, Lolium temulentum.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens iv. xv. 469 Iuray is a vitious grayne that combereth or anoyeth corne, especially wheat. 1597 Gerarde Herbal i. li. §2. 71 Darnell is called..in English Darnell, of some Iuray and Raye. 1611 Cotgr., Iuroye, Darnell, Ray, Iueray. 1879 Prior Plant-n., Ivray. |