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shavegrass|ˈʃeɪvgrɑːs, -æ-|
Also 5 schave-, 6 schavi-, 7 sheav-.
[f. shave v. + grass n. Cf. shave-rush, shavewort.]
A plant of the genus Equisetum (see horse-tail 2); esp. E. hyemale.
c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 37 Cauda equina, cauda caballina idem est. angl. schauegres. 1548Turner Names of Herbes (1881) 64 Polygonum femina is called in Englishe thycke Shauegrasse, or short Shaue grasse. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. ccccxlii. 956 This small or naked Shaue grasse, wherewith Fletchers and Combemakers doe..polish their worke, riseth out of the ground like..Asparagus. 1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. li. 408 It is more..hurtful than..the Sheavgrass to the Mowers of Hay. 1773Hawkesworth's Acc. Voy. III. 644 [It] bites upon wood almost as keenly as the shave-grass of Europe. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 613 Rubbing with horse's tail (shave-grass) the parts to be yellowed. Ibid., Rubbing the whole work with shave-grass, to remove any granular appearance. 1857Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. IV. 386 Rough Horsetail, Shave-grass, Dutch Rush. |