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dogstones
ˈdogstones [transl. med.L. Testiculvs canis (Turner, Lyte); from the shape of the tubers.] A name for various British species of Orchis.1597 Gerarde Herbal i. xcviii. 156. 1672–3 Grew Anat. Roots i. §8 (1682) 58 Some also have two or more Roots..of which some are distinctly fastend to the bottome of...
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Orchis mascula
grosser name" Shakespeare might have had in mind, but folk names given to plants in the Orchis family, based on their resemblance to testicles, include "dogstones
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orchis
orchis (ˈɔːkɪs) [a. L. orchis (Pliny), the plant, a. Gr. ὄρχις testicle, also the plant orchis (so called from the shape of the tubers in most species: cf. ballocks, dogstones). For the pl. orchises, orchids is often substituted.] The typical genus of Orchidaceæ or Orchids, comprising terrestrial he...
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Anne Szumigalski
Dogstones: selected and new poems. Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1986.
Heading out: the new Saskatchewan poets. edited by Don Kerr and Anne Szumigalski.
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dufoil
dufoil Her. (ˈdjuːfɔɪl) [f. L. duo two + foil leaf; cf. trefoil, cinquefoil.] A two-leaved flower; the plant Twayblade (Listera ovata).1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. iv. §2. 58 He beareth Argent, a Dufoile or Twyfoile, Vert, flowered, Purpure. The Flower is like that which we commonly call Dogstones,..bu...
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Salep
Substitution of British orchid roots, known as "dogstones", for the original Turkish variants was acceptable in the 18th century.
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salep
salep (ˈsæləp) See also saloop. [= F. salep, Sp. salép, Pg. salepo, a. Turkish sālep, a. Arabic thaﻋleb (pronounced in some parts saﻋleb), taken to be a shortening of khasyu 'th-thaﻋlab orchis (lit. ‘fox's testicles’; cf. the Eng. name ‘dogstones’.)] A nutritive meal, starch, or jelly made from t...
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marish
▪ I. marish, n. and a.1 Obs. exc. poet. and dial. (ˈmærɪʃ) Forms: α. 4–5 mar(r)ais(s, marys(e, mares, 4–6 mar(r)eis, -eys, 5 maryce, -ysse, -ise, -eyse, -eyes, 5–6 maress(e, marres(s(e, -ys, 5–7 marisse, 6 -ice, -is, -ese, -ees, marryce, 6–7 marris(e, marrice, 7 marraies; 4–5 marace, maras, 4–6 marr...
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dog
▪ I. dog, n.1 (dɒg) Forms: 1 docga, 3–7 dogge, (3, 6 doggue, 6 Sc. doig), 6–8 dogg, 3– dog. [late OE. docga (once in a gloss); previous history and origin unknown. (The generic name in OE., as in the Teutonic langs. generally, was hund: see hound.) So far as the evidence goes, the word appears first...
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stone
▪ I. stone, n. (stəʊn) Forms: 1–3 (4–5 Sc. and north.) stan, 3 stæn, 3–5 ston, 4–5 sten, 4–6 stoon (5–6 stoone), 4–9 (Sc. and north.) stane, 5 Sc. stayne, (stein), 5– 7 stonne, 6 stoan(e, steane, 6–7 Sc. stain(e, 7 Sc., 8–9 dial. stean, 4– stone. [Common Teut.: OE. stán str. masc. corresponds to OFr...
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