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‖ ˈglastum
[L., a. OCeltic *glaston, represented by Ir. Gael. glas, Welsh glas, bluish or greenish grey.]
The plant woad (Isatis).
c1540tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. i. 49 They smeered their face with an herbe called glastum..This glastum being like unto plantaine..is thought to bee that which is..called..vulgarlie in Englishe wode. 1670W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 140 Dyers Woad or Glastum. |