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tentwort|ˈtɛntwɜːt|
Also 6 teynt-.
[? f. taint n.: see quot. 1727.]
An old name for a small fern, the Wall Rue, Asplenium Ruta-muraria.
c1550Lloyd Treas. Health Y ij, Agaynst the Tertian of yellowe choler..take y⊇ rotes of fennel, parcely, teynt wort, mayden heare, endyue [etc.]. 1666Merrett Pinax Brit. 2 Adianthum album, sive Ruta muraria, sive Salvia Vitæ, Wall rue, and Tentwort. 1727C. Threlkeld Syn. Stirpes Hibern. A ij, Our ancestors gave it [the Ruta muraria] the name of Tent-wort, deeming it a sovereign remedy against the..Taint, doubling of the Joints, and in a more general word, Rickets. 1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Tent-wort. 1866Treas. Bot., Tentwort. |