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hag-taper
hag-taper (ˈhægteɪpə(r)) Also 6 higgis-, hickis-, hig-; 8 hagtaber. [The original form and etymology of the first element are left doubtful by the early instances (hag- appears to be late); the second is taper n.: cf. Ger. kerzenkraut ‘taper-wort’, MDu. tortsecruyt ‘torchwort’.] A plant, the Great M... Oxford English Dictionary
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hig-taper
hig-taper var. hag-taper. Oxford English Dictionary
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hegtaper
hegtaper obs. form of hag-taper.1587 L. Mascall Govt. Cattle (1627) 236 The iuyce of heg⁓taper called Foxegloue, put into his eare. Oxford English Dictionary
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hygtaper
hygtaper obs. form of hag-taper.1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. cclvii. §4. 632 Common Mullein or Hygtaper. Oxford English Dictionary
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hickis taper
hickis taper variant of hag-taper. Oxford English Dictionary
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candle-wick
candle-wick (ˈkænd(ə)lˌwɪk) [OE. candel-weoca: see wick.] 1. a. The wick of a candle. Also attrib.c 1000 ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 154 Funalia, uel funes, candelweoca. 1483 Cath. Angl. 53 A Candylweke, lichinus, lichinum. 1576 Newton tr. Lemnie's Complex. (1633) 125 As Oyle doth nourish the flame i... Oxford English Dictionary
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higgis taper
higgis taper var. hag-taper. Oxford English Dictionary
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high-taper
high-taper [Altered from higtaper (Lyte, Gerarde, Cotgrave), earlier higgis taper, hickis taper (Turner).] = hag-taper, q.v.1605 Timme Quersit. iii. 179 Take of..hightaper, and of ferne, of each one pound and a halfe. 1861 Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. IV. 135. Oxford English Dictionary
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Aaron's Rod
Aaron's Rod [Ref. to Numbers xvii. 8.] 1. Herb. A name popularly applied to different plants with tall flowering stems; especially the Great Mullein or Hag-taper (Verbascum Thapsus), and the Golden Rod (Solidago Virgaurea), or a cultivated Canadian species of the latter.1834 M. Howitt The Garden (Sk... Oxford English Dictionary
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hedge
▪ I. hedge, n. (hɛdʒ) Forms: 1 *hecg (dat. hegge), 3–6 hegge, 4 hegg, 5–6 hege, 6 Sc. haige, 5 hedche, 7 hedg, 4– hedge; β. 4–6 heg. [OE. *hęcg, hęgg str. fem., corresp. to EFris. hegge, MDu. hegghe, Du. hegge, heg, OHG. hegga, hecka (MHG. hegge, hecke, Ger. hecke):—OTeut. *hagjâ-; a deriv. of the s... Oxford English Dictionary
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