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feverfew|ˈfiːvəfjuː, ˈfɛv-|
Forms: 1 féferfuȝe, -fuȝie, 5 fevyrfue, 6 -fewe, fewerfew, 7 feverfue, feaverfew, Sc. feverfoylie, 5– feverfew. See also featherfew, fetterfoe.
[OE. féferfuᵹe, -fuᵹie, ad. late L. febrifuga, L. febrifugia, f. L. febri- (febris) fever + fug-āre to drive away.
The mod. form cannot directly descend from the OE.; its source is the AF. *fevrefue (fewerfue c 1265 in Wr.-Wülck. 556), which normally represents the Lat. Under featherfew (a corruption suggested by the ‘feather-like’ appearance of the leaves) will be found forms in -foy (:—OE. -fuᵹie), which in some dialects has been corrupted into -foil. The name feather-foil has by botanical writers been applied to another ‘feather-leaved’ plant: see feather n. 19.]
a. The plant Pyrethrum Parthenium.
b. dial. The Erythræa Centaurium.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 134 Febrefugia..feferfuge. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 134 Curmelle feferfuᵹe. c1425Eng. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 645 Hec febrifuga, fevyr⁓few. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 79 b, The new writers hold.. that feuerfew is better for weomen. 1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 234 Feuerfue comforteth the stomacke, and is good for the feuer quotidian. 1673Wedderburn Voc. 18 (Jam.) Matricaria, feverfoylie. 1741Compl. Fam. Piece i. iv. 258 Feverfew, Catmint, Pennyroyal, each 3 Handfuls. 1861Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. III. 314 Common Fever-few. |