ergotn.

Brit.

/ˈəːɡət/,

/ˈəːɡɒt/, U.S.

/ˈərɡət/,

/ˈərˌɡɑt/

Etymology: < French ergot, Old French argot cock's spur: see argot n.¹

a. A diseased transformation of the seed of rye and other grasses, being really the sclerotium or hardened mycelium of a fungus ( Claviceps purpurea), in colour dark-violet, and in form resembling a cock's spur; hence the name. Also, the disease consisting in this transformation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > various diseases > ergot

ergot1682

spur1763

cockspur1813

ergotism1853

1682 Weekly Memorials for Ingenious (Faithorne & Kersey) 10 July 151 That Malignity..breeding in the Ears of Corn certain black Grains call'd in Sologne, Ergots.

1763 J. Bones in Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 533 The gentle~men of the academy were of opinion, that the disease..was produced..by bread, in which there was a great quantity of ergot.

1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 209 The disease of rye called ergot is exactly analogous to the scurvy in animals.

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 879 We give to the seeds of rye altered by this disease, the name of ergot of rye.

1863 N. Brit. Rev. May 379 An extraordinary disease, called ergot, occurs on wheat and rye.

b. The diseased seed of rye used medicinally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific seeds

linseedc1000

lupinesa1398

nigellaa1398

cardamom?c1425

line1540

semendacy1714

ispaghul1810

ergot1860

Physostigma1864

1860 T. H. Tanner On Signs & Dis. Pregnancy v. 266 The ergot of rye will often excite contractions, and cause the uterus to empty itself.

1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 365 Ergot seems to have been first used as a medicine by the profession in France and the United States.

1880 N. Kerr in Mech. Temp. Jrnl. July 151 Half a drachm of the ergot was given every fifteen minutes.

c. (See quot. 1766.)

ΚΠ

1766 G. Baker in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 107 I observed a disease mentioned under the appellation of Ergot, a name borrowed from its supposed cause, viz. vitiated rye.

Categories »

2. Farriery. ‘A small horny capsule on each side of the claw or horny envelope of the digits in Ruminants and Pachyderms’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). Cf. argot n.¹

3. Anatomy. (See quot. 1840.)

ΚΠ

1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 41 The hippocampus minor or ‘ergot’ is a projection in the floor of the posterior extremity or cornu of the lateral ventricle [of the brain].

Derivatives

ˈergoted adj. tainted with ergot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > flour > [adjective] > qualities of

wholemeal1795

strong1819

ergoted1841

self-rising1853

straight1859

whole-grain1870

weak1889

1841 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2 i. 16 A poor man..ventured to make bread of some ergotted rye.

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 222 Flour..may be ergoted or grown and fermenting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† ergotv.

Forms: Also 1600s ergat.

Etymology: < French ergot-er ‘to rise on his toes, wrangle’ (Cotgrave), < ergot (compare argot n.¹) the spur of a cock; but the word was associated both in French and English with ergo n.

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To argue, wrangle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > contend, dispute, argue [verb (intransitive)]

flitec900

witherc1000

disputea1225

pleadc1275

strive1320

arguec1374

tolyc1440

toilc1450

wrestlec1450

altercate1530

disagree1534

dissent1538

contend1539

controvert1563

wrangle?1570

contestate?1572

to fend and prove?1578

contest1603

vie1604

controverse1605

discept1639

ergot1653

digladiatea1656

misprove1662

spar1698

argufy1804

spat1809

to cross swords1816

argle1823

to bandy words1828

polemize1828

controversialize1841

caffle1851

polemicize1881

ergotize1883

argy-bargy1887

cag1919

snack1956

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xvii. 79 After they had well ergoted pro and con, they concluded in Baralipton, that [etc.].

a1658 J. Hewitt Serm. (1659) 178 Little doth it concern us what the school-men ergat in their schools.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	ergot
释义	ergotn. Brit. /ˈəːɡət/, /ˈəːɡɒt/, U.S. /ˈərɡət/, /ˈərˌɡɑt/ Etymology: < French ergot, Old French argot cock's spur: see argot n.¹ 1. a. A diseased transformation of the seed of rye and other grasses, being really the sclerotium or hardened mycelium of a fungus ( Claviceps purpurea), in colour dark-violet, and in form resembling a cock's spur; hence the name. Also, the disease consisting in this transformation. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > various diseases > ergot ergot1682 spur1763 cockspur1813 ergotism1853 1682 Weekly Memorials for Ingenious (Faithorne & Kersey) 10 July 151 That Malignity..breeding in the Ears of Corn certain black Grains call'd in Sologne, Ergots. 1763 J. Bones in Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 533 The gentle~men of the academy were of opinion, that the disease..was produced..by bread, in which there was a great quantity of ergot. 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 209 The disease of rye called ergot is exactly analogous to the scurvy in animals. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 879 We give to the seeds of rye altered by this disease, the name of ergot of rye. 1863 N. Brit. Rev. May 379 An extraordinary disease, called ergot, occurs on wheat and rye. b. The diseased seed of rye used medicinally. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific seeds linseedc1000 lupinesa1398 nigellaa1398 cardamom?c1425 line1540 semendacy1714 ispaghul1810 ergot1860 Physostigma1864 1860 T. H. Tanner On Signs & Dis. Pregnancy v. 266 The ergot of rye will often excite contractions, and cause the uterus to empty itself. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 365 Ergot seems to have been first used as a medicine by the profession in France and the United States. 1880 N. Kerr in Mech. Temp. Jrnl. July 151 Half a drachm of the ergot was given every fifteen minutes. c. (See quot. 1766.) ΚΠ 1766 G. Baker in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 107 I observed a disease mentioned under the appellation of Ergot, a name borrowed from its supposed cause, viz. vitiated rye. Categories » 2. Farriery. ‘A small horny capsule on each side of the claw or horny envelope of the digits in Ruminants and Pachyderms’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). Cf. argot n.¹ 3. Anatomy. (See quot. 1840.) ΚΠ 1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 41 The hippocampus minor or ‘ergot’ is a projection in the floor of the posterior extremity or cornu of the lateral ventricle [of the brain]. Derivatives ˈergoted adj. tainted with ergot. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > flour > [adjective] > qualities of wholemeal1795 strong1819 ergoted1841 self-rising1853 straight1859 whole-grain1870 weak1889 1841 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2 i. 16 A poor man..ventured to make bread of some ergotted rye. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 222 Flour..may be ergoted or grown and fermenting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † ergotv. Forms: Also 1600s ergat. Etymology: < French ergot-er ‘to rise on his toes, wrangle’ (Cotgrave), < ergot (compare argot n.¹) the spur of a cock; but the word was associated both in French and English with ergo n. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To argue, wrangle. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > contend, dispute, argue [verb (intransitive)] flitec900 witherc1000 disputea1225 pleadc1275 strive1320 arguec1374 tolyc1440 toilc1450 wrestlec1450 altercate1530 disagree1534 dissent1538 contend1539 controvert1563 wrangle?1570 contestate?1572 to fend and prove?1578 contest1603 vie1604 controverse1605 discept1639 ergot1653 digladiatea1656 misprove1662 spar1698 argufy1804 spat1809 to cross swords1816 argle1823 to bandy words1828 polemize1828 controversialize1841 caffle1851 polemicize1881 ergotize1883 argy-bargy1887 cag1919 snack1956 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xvii. 79 After they had well ergoted pro and con, they concluded in Baralipton, that [etc.]. a1658 J. Hewitt Serm. (1659) 178 Little doth it concern us what the school-men ergat in their schools. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1682v.1653
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