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setterwort
setterwort (ˈsɛtəwɜːt) Also 6 syter wurt. [Perh. adopted from MLG.; Diefenbach s.v. Elleborum gives a great variety of synonymous forms in MHG. and MLG. such as sitro, sutir-, sittir-, sitti-, siter-, sutten-, -sutwurz, -wort (f. HG. wurz, LG. wort wort1). The first element is of unknown origin; cf....
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settergrass
ˈsettergrass Obs. exc. dial. rare. In 4 saturgresse, 5 setyr grysse. [f. *setter- in setterwort + grass.] = setterwort.a 1387 Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 18 Elleborus, i. saturgresse. 1483 Cath. Angl. 331/2 Setyr grysse, eleborus niger, herba est. 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. ccclxi. 827 Consiligo is ...
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Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus foetidus, known variously as stinking hellebore , dungwort, setterwort and bear's foot, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family
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Setterwort - Helleborus foetidus. Pegroots; setter grass; bear's foot.
Sicklewort - Prunella vulgaris, the healall.
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setter
▪ I. setter, n.1 (ˈsɛtə(r)) Also 5–6 Sc. settar, 6 Sc. -are, 7 seter. [f. set v.1 + -er1. Cf. Du. zetter, OHG. sezzari (Ger. setzer), Sw. sättare, Dan. sætter.] I. One who or something which sets, in various senses of the vb. 1. a. gen. One who sets something specified or contextually implied. Often...
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pedelion
† pedelion Herb. Obs. Also 6 patedelion, 6–7 padelion, -lyon. [a. F. pied (or † pié) de lion ‘Lions foot, Lions paw, Ladies mantle,..Padelion’ (Cotgr.). Also F. pas de lion in same sense, and patte de lion ‘Bastard blacke Ellebore, Beares-foot, Setterwort..also, as Pied de lion’ (Cotgr.); Littré has...
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pegging
pegging, vbl. n. (ˈpɛgɪŋ) [f. peg v. + -ing1.] 1. a. The action of the vb. peg in various senses.1611 Cotgr., Chevilleure, a pegging; a fastening with pegs. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cii. 317 Called..Beare⁓foot, Setterwort, and Settergrasse, because Husbandmen use to make a hole, and put it into th...
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hellebore
hellebore (ˈhɛlɪbɔə(r)) Forms: 5 el(l)ebre (-bur, -byr, eleure), 6–7 el(l)ebor(e, 6–8 hellebor, (7 helebore, -bour), 6– hellebore. Also in L. form helleborus, -um. [ad. L. elleborus, in 14th c. F. ellebore (Oresme), a. Gr. ἑλλέβορος, more rarely ἐλλ-. (The native L. equivalent was veratrum.) The ini...
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ox
ox (ɒks) Forms: 1 oxa, 2–7 oxe, 4, 7– ox, (5 hox, 6 oxce), 7– (north. and Sc.) owce, owse. pl. 1 oxan, (œxen, exen), 2– oxen, (3 ocsen, oxene, 4–6 -in, -yn, -yne, 5 -one, exin, exon, 6 oxeson), north. and Sc. 6 oussin, 7– owsen, owssen, ousen. β. 4–6 oxes, (4 -is, 5 -ys). [Com. Teut.: OE. oxa wk. ma...
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