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sow-bread
sow-bread Also sowbread. [f. sow n.1 + bread n., after med.L. panis porcinus, or G. saubrot, † säubrot, † sewbrot (Gesner, 1542), older Flem. seugenbrood (Kilian).] A plant of the genus Cyclamen, esp. C. europæum, the fleshy tuberous root-stocks of which are eaten by swine.c 1550 H. Lloyd Treas. Hea...
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swine-bread
swine-bread (ˈswaɪnbrɛd) Also 6–7 swines-bread. [Cf. G. schwein(s)brot, mod.L. panis porcinus.] † 1. The plant Cyclamen; = sowbread. Obs.1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. iii. 704 Swines-bread, so used, doth not onely speed A tardy Labour; but (without great heed) If over it a Child-great Woman stride, In...
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elvish
elvish, a. (ˈɛlvɪʃ) Also 4 alvisch, elvisch, -yssh, 6 -yshe. See also elfish. [f. elf + -ish.] 1. Of or pertaining to elves; having the nature of an elf; supernatural, weird.c 1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 681 Wyth an aluisch mon. c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 198 Whan we been there as we shul exercis...
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earth-apple
† ˈearth-apple Obs. [f. earth n.1] 1. In OE. ? A cucumber; also = glossarial L. mandragora.c 1000 ælfric Num. xi. 5 Cucumeres þæt synd eorþæppla. c 1000 ― Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 136 Mandragora, eorðæppel. 2. = sow-bread (? Cyclamen europæum).1601 Holland Pliny II. 300 Cankerous sores are cured with t...
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euphonical
euˈphonical, a. (juːˈfɒnɪkəl) [f. as prec. + -al1.] = prec. Hence euˈphonically adv.; euˈphonicalness, the quality of being euphonical.1668 Wilkins Real Char. iii. xiv. 381 Our English hath what is comely and euphonical in each of these. 1674 Petty Disc. Dupl. Proportion Ep. Ded., Grandisonous or Eu...
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sow
▪ I. sow, n.1 (saʊ) Forms: α. 1 suᵹu, suᵹa, 3 suȝe-, 4 zoȝe, 5 sogh(e, sowhe, 5, 7, 9 sough. β. 2 suwa, 3 suwe, 3–4 souwe, 4–6 soowe, 4–7 sowe, 4– sow, 6, 9 Sc. sou. γ. north. dial. 5–7, 9 sew. δ. 6, 9 dial. soo. [OE. suᵹu, = WFris. sûch, NFris. sögg, su, MDu. soge, seuge (Du. zeug) and soch, such (...
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dill
▪ I. dill, n.1 (dɪl) [OE. dili, dile, (dil) dyle masc. = OLG. dilli, MDu. and Du. dille f., OHG. tilli, MHG. tille m. and f., Ger. dill m., dille f., Dan. dild, Sw. dill. Ulterior derivation unknown.] 1. An umbelliferous annual plant, Anethum graveolens, with yellow flowers, a native of the South of...
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