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prickwood
ˈprickwood [See prick n. 14.] a. The Spindle-tree, Euonymus europæus. ? Obs. b. The Wild Cornel or Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea. dial.a. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 115 They [Sheep] are hurt by aconite, nereon, prickwood, savin,..and scortching fennel. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 323 Prick Wood, E... Oxford English Dictionary
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prick-timber
† ˈprick-timber Obs. [See prick n. 14.] a. The Spindle-tree: = prickwood a. b. The Dogwood: = prickwood b; also prick-timber tree.a. 1578 Lyte Dodoens vi. lxxix. 760 This plant..some call..in Englishe, Spindeltree, and Pricke Timber: bycause the timber of this tree serueth very well to the making bo... Oxford English Dictionary
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nereon
† nereon obs. variant of nerium.1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 115 They are hurt by aconite, nereon, prickwood,..and scortching fennel. Oxford English Dictionary
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gaiter
▪ I. gaiter, n.1 (ˈgeɪtə(r)) [a. F. guêtre (in 15th c. guietre); of unknown origin; there are Rom. synonyms without r, as Walloon guett, Sardinian ghetta, mod.Pr. gueto: see Körting Lat. Rom. Wb. s.v.] 1. A covering of cloth, leather, etc. for the ankle, or ankle and lower leg.1775 [cf. half-gaiter ... Oxford English Dictionary
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