In plural. Chiefly English regional (midlands). Quaking grass (genus Briza).
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > quaking-grass (23) Quakers1597 In plural. Chiefly English regional (midlands). Quaking grass (genus Briza). quaking grass1597 Any of various grasses of the genus Briza, having broad, flattened spikelets dangling on slender stalks which tremble in the breeze; esp. (more fully… shakers1597 plural. dialect. The quaking grass, n., Briza media; also hayshakers and Scottish silver shakers. dodder-grass1617 Properly, Quaking grass, Briza media; also called doddering-grass, doddle grass, doddering dicks, etc. Sometimes loosely applied locally to… brant-barley1633 Quaking grass. cow-quakes1633 A popular name of Quaking grass, Briza media. pearl grass1633 The large quaking grass, Briza maxima, esp. a variety with albino spikelets, grown for ornament. maidenhair grass1640 quaking grass, Briza media. amourette1702 In singular and plural. Any of several quaking grasses (genus Briza); esp. the common quaking grass, B. media. Obsolete. Lady's hair1732 (a) maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris (cf. Our Lady's hair n. at Our Lady, n. compounds 2b, Venus hair n. at Venus, n.1 compounds 2a)… quiver grass1759 a type of grass, probably quaking grass, Briza media. quake1812 The action of quaking; an instance of this. In later use: spec. an earthquake. Also as the second element in compounds, as church-quake, ice-quake… rattlesnake grass1814 a North American sweetgrass, Glyceria canadensis, with flattened spikelets resembling those of quaking grasses (genus Briza). totter-grass1821 quaking grass, Briza media, or sometimes another grass with slender stalk. silver shacklea1824 Scottish. silver shackle: the quaking grass, Briza media. Cf. silver shakers at shaker, n. 7. lady's tresses1842 Quaking grass (genus Briza). rare. fairy grass1846 any of several grasses having delicate flowers; esp. common quaking grass, Briza media, and a bent grass, Agrostis avenacea, a tufted perennial of… earthquakes1851 The quaking grass, Briza media. trembling-grass1853 quaking grass (Briza media). dadder grass1859 quaking grass, Briza media. dithering-grass1878 quaking grass, Briza media. totty-grass1901 totter-grass, quaking grass. shivery grass1926 the little quaking grass, Briza minor. Cf. shivering-grass at shivering, adj.2 2c. |
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