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lamb's tongue
1. A name given to species of plantain (tr. med.L. arnoglossa, Gr. ἀρνόγλωσσον), and other plants.
1578Lyte Dodoens i. lxiii. 92 Plantayne is called in Greeke ἀρνογλωσσος that is Lingua Agnina, Lammes tungue. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. xcii. §6. 340. 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 64/2 A bunch of Plantan Leaves..some call it Lambs Tongue. 1803Trans. Soc. Arts XXI. 171 A sort of weed provincially termed Lamb's Tongue (somewhat resembling the sweet gale in appearance, but not in smell).
2. A sort of plane (see quot.); also the moulding shaped by this plane.
1858Skyring's Builder's Prices (ed. 48) 36 If astragal and hollow, lamb's tongue or other modern bar, add 1½d. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Lamb's-tongue, a plane with a deep, narrow bit for making quirks.
Add:3. = lamb's ears s.v. *lamb n.1 7 b. Also lamb's tongue plant.
1882H. Friend Gloss. Devonshire Plant Names 33 Lamb's-tongue, Stachys lanata L. 1956Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 2011/1 S[tachys] lanata. Lamb's Tongue. Whole plant densely and persistently white-woolly...Often used for summer-bedding. 1974F. A. Boddy Ground Cover xi. 105 The lamb's-tongue plant, Stachys olympica (S. lanata), is making a name for itself as a ground coverer. 1987Woman & Home July 16/3 From the mountains of the Caucasus comes the Lamb's Tongue—Stachys lanata—a carpeting perennial whose leaves and 18 in stems are clothed with a silvery-grey wool, soft to the touch. |