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whortle|ˈhwɜːt(ə)l|
Also 7 wortle: see also hurtle n.2
[Short for whortleberry.]
= whortleberry.
1597[see hurtle n.2]. 1620Venner Via Recta vii. 131 The people vse to eat the Wortles in creame and milke. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. 219 Fen-berries..are of like temper and faculty with our whortles, but somewhat more astringent. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 371 Great Bilberry Bush or Whortle. 1811Shelley St. Irvyne vi. i, I see her swift foot dash the dew from the whortle. 1863Baring-Gould Iceland 190 The..bog-whortle.., whose white flowers, pink-tipped, stuff the ptarmigan's crop.
Comb.1857Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. V. 108 S[alix] myrsinites (Green Whortle-leaved Willow). |