| 释义 |
tunhoof Now dial.|ˈtʌnhuːf|
Forms: 1 tunhófe, 4 tunhowe, -hoo, 5–6 tunhove, 6 tune-, 7 tunnehoofe, 8– tunhoof.
[f. tun n. + OE. hófe, hove n.1: see ale-hoof.]
The herb Ground Ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).
c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 344 Wyrc gode earsealfe..tunhofe nioþoweard, celeþonian leaf garleac, cropleac, do on win. 14..Stockh. Med. MS. ii. 406 in Anglia XVIII. 317 Anoþer herbe is callyd soo [ground-ivy] Þat we callyn tunhoo. c1440Promp. Parv. 506/1 Tunhove, herbe (K. tunhowe, S. thomyhow, A. thonnhowe), edera terrestris. 1597Gerarde Herbal i. ccc. 705 In English ground Iuie, Alehoof,..Tunehoofe, and Cats foote. 1640Parkinson Theatr. Bot. v. xciii. 677 Gill creepe by the ground, Catsfoote, Haymaides, and Alehoofe most generally, or Tunnehoofe, because the countrey people use it much in their Ale. 1869Gd. Words Mar. Supp. 4, I used to gather in armfuls primroses,..and strong-scented tunhoof. |