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† ˈolorine Obs. rare. [ad. L. olōrīna ‘of swans’, in herba olorina swans' grass.] A grass or ‘herb’ eaten with avidity by swans; swans'-grass. The grass of Loch Spiney, referred to by Boece (see olour) and Leslie, is app. Glyceria fluitans, called locally ‘Swan girss’ (Rampini County Hist. Elgin 58)...
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olour
† olour Obs. rare. [erron. f. L. olōrum gen. pl., ‘of swans’.] = olorine.1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. xxxiv, The cause quhy the swannis multiplyis sa fast in this loch [Spynee], is throw ane herbe namit Olour [tr. Boece Scot. Hist. (1526) Descriptio lf. ix, Herba quædam cuius semine [Holores...
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