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arsesmart Bot. (ˈɑːsmɑːt) Forms: 6 arssmart, -mert, arsse-smart, arsmert, 7 asmart, 6–9 arsmart, arsesmart. [See quot. 1617.] A name of the plant Water-pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper); also applied by some to the allied species P. Persicaria, called by Gerard ‘Dead Arsemart.’1551 Turner Herbal 133 Ars...
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arsenic
▪ I. arsenic, n.1 (ˈɑːsnɪk) Forms: 4–5 arsnek, arsenyk, arcenyk, arsynek, 6 arsenik, arsnecke, 6–8 arsenick(e, 7 arsnic, -nike, 7–8 arsnick, 7– arsenic; also in Lat. form. [a. OF. arsenic (14th c. in Littré), ad. L. arsenicum (arrenicum), a. Gr. ἀρσενικόν (ἀρρενικόν) ‘yellow orpiment’, subst. use of...
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culrage
† ˈculrage, culerage Obs. Forms: 4 colerage, 5 culra(t)che, -rayge, curiage, 6 curaige, -agie, (7 kill-ridge), 5–7 culrage, 6–7 culerage. [a. OF. culrage, mod.F. curage, f. cul ‘anus’ + rage rage, rabies, ‘from his operation and effect when it is used in those parts’ (Gerarde): cf. the Eng. name ars...
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plashet
ˈplashet Now dial. Also 6 -ette. [ad. OF. plassiet, plaschiet (Froiss.) marsh, dim. of plascq damp meadow; see plash n.1 and -et1.] A little plash or marshy pool.1575 Turberv. Falconrie 191 Some water plashet or pitte where wylde fowle lye, as Teales or suche lyke. 1578 Lyte Dodoens v. lxviii. 633 T...
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smartweed
ˈsmartweed Chiefly dial. and U.S. [f. smart n.1 or a.] A name given to various species of Polygonum, esp. the arsesmart or water-pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper).1787 W. H. Marshall E. Norfolk (1795) II. 388 Smart⁓weed, biting and pale-flowered persicarias; arsmart. 1848 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. XVI. 247 ...
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ciderage
† ciderage Obs. Herb. [Deriv. unknown; can it be a misprint for culerage?] The Water-Pepper, Polygonum Hydropiper; also P. Persicaria.1578 Lyte Dodoens v. lxviii. 633 This herbe is called..in Englishe Arsse-smart or Ciderage. 1611 Cotgr., Persicaire, Dead Arsesmart, dead Culerage, Ciderage, Peach⁓wo...
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arse
▪ I. arse, n. Obs. in polite use. Forms: 1 ærs, ears, 1–7 ars, 4–5 ers(e, eeres, arce, 4–9 arse. [common Teut.: cf. OHG., ON., Da., Sw. ars, OFris. ers, G. arsch, OTeut. *ars-oz, cogn. w. Gr. ὄρρος, *ὄρσος.] 1. a. The fundament, buttocks, posteriors, or rump of an animal.c 1000 ælfric Gloss. in Wrig...
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persicaria
‖ persicaria Herb. (pɜːsɪˈkɛərɪə) [med. or mod.L. (also It.), f. L. persicum (mālum) peach: cf. med.L. persicārius peach-tree, and peachwort.] The plant Polygonum Persicaria, Dead Arsesmart, or Peachwort; also, with defining words, applied to other species of Polygonum; the garden species is P. orie...
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complexion
▪ I. complexion, n. (kəmˈplɛkʃən) Forms: 4–5 complexioun, 5–6 -ione, -yon, 4–6 compleccioun, -ion(e, -yon, complexcion, -ioun, -yon, 6 complextion, 4–9 -plection, 4– complexion. [a. F. complexion (13th c. in Littré), ad. L. complexiōn-em ‘combination, connexion, association’, later ‘physical constit...
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