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▪ I. scabious, n.|ˈskeɪbɪəs|
Forms: 5 scabyouse, 5–8 -iose, 6 -yous, -iouse, skabious, 6–8 scabius, 6– scabious.
[ad. med.L. scabiōsa (sc. herba), fem. sing. of scabiōsus (see next). Cf. F. scabieuse.]
1. Any of the herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa (N.O. Dipsaceae), formerly believed to be efficacious for the cure of certain skin-diseases.
blue scabious, S. succisa. field or meadow scabious, S. arvensis. purple or sweet scabious, S. atropurpurea. small scabious, S. Columbaria. devil's bit scabious: see devil's bit. musk scabious: see musk n. 4.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 213 Vpon þe enpostym..I leide scabiose grounden wiþ grese. c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 993 Broke lempk Scabiose Bilgres wildflax is good for ache. 1526Grete Herball ccccvii. (1529) Y ij b, Sethe the iuce of scabyous in oyle. 1578Lyte Dodoens I. lxxiii. 109 The great Scabiouse and Iacea nigra, do grow in medowes and pastures. The smaller Scabious groweth in medowes and watery groundes that stande lowe. Sheeps Scabiouse groweth in the fieldes... All the Scabiouses are hoate and dry. 1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 600 Skabious boyled by it selfe..doth cleanse the breast and lungs. 1605Timme Quersit. iii. 175 Certaine droppes..of this being given..against the asthma or tissick, with the water of scabiose. 1713Petiver in Phil. Trans. XXVIII. 58 The Leaves next the Root are whitish and jagged like the small Field Scabiose. 1782J. Scott Poet. Wks. 96 There Scabious blue and purple Knapweed rise. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVI. 687/1 The arvensis, or meadow-scabious. 1867H. Macmillan Bible Teach. vi. 108 All the upland pastures are strewn thick with myriads of the purple scabious. 1882Garden 18 Feb. 118/2 The dwarf Scabious is now used for pot culture in winter.
b. U.S. Applied to some species of Erigeron.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 200 Erigeron philadelphicum and heterophyllum..are commonly sold under the name of Scabious.
c. sheep's scabious, sheep's bit scabious: see sheep.
2. (See quot.)
1832J. Rennie Consp. Butterfl. & Moths 6 The Scabious (Melitæa Artemis, Leach) appears in the middle of May... Caterpillar..feeds on the devil's bit scabious.
▪ II. scabious, a. Now rare.|ˈskeɪbɪəs|
[ad. F. scabieux or its source L. scabiōsus, f. scabiēs: see scabies.]
Of the nature of or pertaining to scabies or itch; in early use = scabbed, scabby.
1603Florio Montaigne i. xxiv. 62 Hee..durst not dare to tell me that his posteriors are scabious, except he turne over his Lexicon to see what posteriours and scabious is. 1629T. Adams Soul's Sickn. Wks. 472 If the humours be..thicker, they turne to a scabious matter in the skin. 1653Gauden Hierasp. 504 Their illfed flocks and scabious Congregations. 1764G. Psalmanazar Mem. 153 The scabious disease, which by that time had spread itself all over my skin. 1834Cycl. Pract. Med. III. 639/1 The insects taken from the scabious vesicles. |