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† ˈbruisewort Herb. Obs.
[From supposed healing virtues.]
The name of one or two different plants, esp. the Common Daisy. Cf. bonewort.
c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 374 Wið lungen adle ᵹenim..and bryse wyrt and brun wyrt. a1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 45 Consolida minor..waysegle, uel bonwort, uel brosewort. c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture in Babees Bk. (1868) 184 Brese-wort..is good for ache. 1597Gerard Herbal cxciii. §7. 512 The Daisie is called..in English Daisies and Bruise woort. 1611Cotgr., Marguerite des prez, th' ordinarie, little, white and wild Daisie, called (otherwise) Bruisewort. 1783Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell) 1, Bruise wort, consolida. 1830Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 7) II. 537 S[aponaria] officinalis, Soapwort, Bruisewort. |