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stavesacre|ˈsteɪvˌzeɪkə(r)|
Forms: 4 scafisage, 5 staphisagrie, 5–6 -agre, (5 stafi-sagre, scapysagre, 6 stafesagre, stavysagre, -acre, stavis akre), 6–8 stavesaker, (7 stav-aker, stassaker, stavis-acre), 6–7, 9 staphisacre, 7–8 -ager, 8 stave-acre, (staves-ager), 6– stavesacre.
[ad. L. staphisagria, a. Gr. σταϕὶς ἀγρία lit. wild raisin (σταϕίς raisin, ἀγρία fem. of ἄγριος wild).]
A plant of the species Delphinium Staphisagria (N.O. Ranunculaceæ), native in southern Europe and Asia Minor; the seeds of this plant, used to destroy vermin, and formerly as an emetic.
a1400Stockholm Med. MS. 156 Scafisage scafisagia. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 184 Herof we moun do þerto sal gemme, sulphuris, euforbij ana ᵹ.ij. staphisagrie, cantaridarum ana ᵹj. 14..Bk. Hawking (MS. Harl. 2340) in Rel. Ant. (1841) I. 297 Take a greyn of staphisagre, and put under her [a hawk's] tong, and she shall caste. Ibid. 300 Take scapysagre, and sethe it in water. c1440Pallad. on Husb. i. 596 As staphisagre, minget in theire mete Wol hele her tong. 1460–70Bk. Quintessence ii. 20 Medle it wiþ a good quantite of poudre of stafi-sagre. 1538Turner Libellus, Staphis agria Stauesacre. 1547Boorde Brev. Health (1870) 87 Take..of Stauysacre made in fyne pouder, halfe an vnce. 1578Lyte Dodoens iii. xxxix. 372 Staphisacre, especially the seede, is hoate almost in the fourth degree. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe Ep. Ded. A 2 b, Looke how much Tobacco wee carry with vs to expell cold, the like quantitie of Staues-aker wee must prouide vs of to kill lice in that rugged countrey of rebels. 1611–12Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 198 For stassaker to John Leighe, ijd. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Taylor's Goose 85 Wks. i. 105/1 Mix'd with Stauesacre, and Argentum viue, It will not leaue a man a Lowse aliue. 1682G. Wheler Journ. Greece iv. 290 Staphys agria, or Staves-acre. 1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Delphinium, Larkspur with a Plane-Tree Leaf, commonly call'd Stavesacre, or Lousewort. 1736Bailey Houshold Dict. 330 Pound burnt cummin and staphisager of each equal quantities and mix it with wine. 1757Dyer Fleece i. 288 Th' infectious scab..is by water cur'd Of lime, or sodden stave-acre. 1822–29Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) V. 660 The most fatal poisons to all these vermin are the mercurial oxydes, staphisacre, [etc.]. 1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 246 A pound of stavesacre furnishes from 55 to 60 grains of delphina. 1876J. Harley Royle's Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 769 Stavesacre is a native of the South of Europe, and of the Mediterranean islands.
attrib.1688Holme Armoury ii. 90/1 He beareth Argent, a Stavesacre slip. 1837Penny Cycl. VIII. 375/1 Stavesacre seeds are not now used internally. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 866 For infants..stavesacre or weak balsam of Peru ointment may be substituted for the sulphur. |