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kite's-foot, kitefoot
†1. Name of some herb. Obs.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Pied de milan,..an herbe called kitesfoote. 1611in Cotgr. s.v. Milan. 1706 in Phillips.
2. Name of a variety of tobacco, from its colour.
[1688J. Clayton in Phil. Trans. XVII. 943 Aranoko Tobacco, whose Scent is not much minded, their..aim being..to procure it a bright Kite's-foot colour.] 1788Mass. Centinel 4 June 94/2 Crowley & Clark Have just received a quantity of Kitefoot Tobacco, of a superior quality for smoking. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 544 The kitefoot tobacco. 1835H. C. Todd Notes Canada & U.S.A. 50 Maryland produces..the Bright Kite's Foot Tobacco. |