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setwall|ˈsɛtwəl|
Forms: α. 3 zedewal, 3, 5 zeduale, 5 zedewal(l)e, 6 zedual; 4 sed(e)wale, 5 seduale, 6 -wale. β. 4 ceteuall, setewale, 4–5 sette-, 4–7 cetewale, 6 cety-, 7 setywall. γ. 4–6 setuale, 4–8 setwell, 5 cetuall, 5 set(t)well, setwaly (?), 5–6 setwale, 6 setual(l, -waule, settwelle, 7 set(t)wal(l, 6– setwall.
[a. AF. zedewale = OF. citoual, citual, sotoval (Palsgr.), also citouar(t, etc., ad. med.L. *zedoāle, var. zedoārium, ad. Arab. zedwār: see zedoary.]
†1. The root of the East Indian plant Curcuma Zedoaria, used as a drug; also the plant itself; = zedoary. Obs.
αa1225Ancr. R. 370 Ne makeden heo neuer strencðe of gingiuere ne of gedewal [MS. T. ȝedewal, MS. C. zeduale], ne of clou de gilofre. c1305Land Cokayne 74 In þe praer is a tre... Þe rote is gingeuir and galingale, Þe siouns beþ al sedwale. a1310in Wright Lyric P. v. 27 With gyngyvre ant sedewale ant the gylofre. c1400Mandeville (1839) xviii. 187 Canelle, Zedewalle, Notemuges and Maces. 14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 621/16 Zeduarium..zeduale. 1547Boorde Brev. Health iii. 8 Take of Anys sedes, of Fenell sedes, of Zedual, of eche the weyght of xii d.
β1310–11Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 507 In 3 li. di. de Ceteuall. c1386Chaucer Miller's T. 21 As sweete as is the root Of lycorys or any Cetewale [v.r. Settewale]. a1400in Sc. Acts Parl. (1844) I. 669 Gynger setwell almondis. c1440Promp. Parv. 454/1 Setuale, or seduale, herbe (K. setwale, P. setwaly), Zedoarium. 1496Halyburton's Ledger (1867) 57 Item a li. settwell. 1530Palsgr. 269/2 Setwall. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 37 Cetewale, is an Herbe whose roote the Phisitions vse to gather in Sommer. 1610Markham Masterp. ii. clxxiii. 495 Nardi radix, which wee call setwal. 1640Parkinson Theat. Bot. 1612 Zedoaria..the Setwall that we have usually in our shops.
attrib.1639O. Wood Alph. Bk. Secrets 211 Take the powder of Setwell Roots.
2. The plant valerian, Valeriana pyrenaica.
1548Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 62 Phu is called in englishe setwal, of other some Capones tayle. 1590Spenser Muiop. 196 Dull Poppie, and drink-quickning Setuale. 1593Drayton Ballad of Dowsabell 33 This mayden..Went forth..to get sweete Cetywall [? 1605, 1619, Setywall]..to deck her summer hall. 1658Phillips, Settwall, a kind of herb growing near walls. 1741Complete Fam.-Piece i. iv. 254 Take red Sage, Betony,..Setwell. 1865‘C. Bede’ Rook's Gard. 9 Clusters of the red valerian or setwall. |