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featherfew
ˈfeatherfew Forms: 4 feþerfoy, 5 federfu, fedyrfoy, 6–8 fetherfew, 7– featherfew. [Corrupted var. of feverfew.] The popular name of Pyrethrum Parthenium.c 1325 St. Patrick's Purg. cxlvii, Mint, feþerfoy and eglentere. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 152/2 Fedyrfu, or fedyrfoy, herbe, febriffuga. 1587 L. Mascall... Oxford English Dictionary
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feverfew
feverfew (ˈfiːvəfjuː, ˈfɛv-) Forms: 1 féferfuȝe, -fuȝie, 5 fevyrfue, 6 -fewe, fewerfew, 7 feverfue, feaverfew, Sc. feverfoylie, 5– feverfew. See also featherfew, fetterfoe. [OE. féferfuᵹe, -fuᵹie, ad. late L. febrifuga, L. febrifugia, f. L. febri- (febris) fever + fug-āre to drive away. The mod. for... Oxford English Dictionary
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weythernoy
† weythernoy error for *vethervoy, south-western var. fetherfoy: see featherfew.1597 Gerarde Herbal Suppl., Weythernoy is Feuerfew. [1665 Lovell Herball (ed. 2) 465 Weyther-ney, see Feaver⁓few.] Oxford English Dictionary
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fetterfoe
fetterfoe obs. var. featherfew, feverfew.? a 1500 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) I. 120 Here be more erbes..Fynter fanter and ffetter foe. Oxford English Dictionary
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Thalictrum
‖ Thaˈlictrum Bot. [L. thalictrum (Pliny), a. Gr. θάλικτρον.] A genus of perennial herbs (N.O. Ranunculaceæ), bearing panicles, corymbs, or racemes of green, white, or yellow flowers, without petals or involucre. There are several species, of which three are British, T. flavum being the Common Meado... Oxford English Dictionary
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stuffing
▪ I. stuffing, vbl. n. (ˈstʌfɪŋ) [-ing1.] 1. a. The action of stuff v.1, or the result of this action; † the strengthening of an army or military position (obs.); filling or cramming with material; gorging, eating to repletion.1533 Bellenden Livy iv. i. (S.T.S.) II. 51 Þe Wolchis & equis brandisand ... Oxford English Dictionary
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