单词 | dodder-grass |
释义 | dodder-grassn. dialect. Properly, Quaking grass, Briza media; also called doddering-grass, doddle grass, doddering dicks, etc. Sometimes loosely applied locally to species of Bromus, Festuca, Poa, or other loose-panicled grasses. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > quaking-grass Quakers1597 quaking grass1597 shakers1597 dodder-grass1617 brant-barley1633 cow-quakes1633 pearl grass1633 maidenhair grass1640 amourette1702 Lady's hair1732 quiver grass1759 quake1812 rattlesnake grass1814 totter-grass1821 silver shacklea1824 lady's tresses1842 fairy grass1846 earthquakes1851 trembling-grass1853 dadder grass1859 dithering-grass1878 totty-grass1901 shivery grass1926 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Dodder grasses..so called because with the least puff or blast of wind it..doth as it were dodder and tremble. 1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms at Dawther A certain long shaking-grass is called dodder-grass or dawther in Kent. [App. some Bromus.] 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Doddlegrass, Briza media, or quaking grass, called in the north ‘doddering dick’. 1878–86 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Dodder Grass, Briza media. Cumb.; Kent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1617 |
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