herb-graceherb of gracen.

Forms: Also herb-a-grace, and corruptly herbgrass, herby-grass.

Etymology: apparently of English origin: supposed to have arisen like the synonym, herb of repentance , out of the formal coincidence of the name rue with rue v.¹, rue n.¹ repent, repentance. See quots. 1592 at sense 1, 1597 at sense 1, 1604 at sense 1. (But Parkinson, Theatr. Bot. 134 says ‘from the many good properties wherunto it serveth’.) Notwithstanding Turner, not known in French.

1. An old name for the herb Rue, Ruta graveolens. (Now Obsolete or dialect)

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > rue

rudeeOE

rue?a1200

herb-grace1548

serving-man's joy1671

countryman's treacle1745–7

herb of repentance1858

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. F.viij Ruta is called..in englishe and frenche, Rue and herbe grace, in duche Ruten.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 122^v Take of Garlicke heades seuen ounces, of Hearbegrace three handfulles.

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B2 Some of them smild and said Rue was called Herbe grace, which though they scorned in their youth, they might weare in their age, and it was neuer too late to saye Miserere.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iv. 106 Ile set a banke of Rew sowre hearb of grace, Rew euen for ruth heere shortly shall be seene, In the remembrance of a weeping Queene.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 181 There's Rewe for you, & heere's some for me, we may call it herbe of Grace a Sondaies.

c1610 S. Rowlands Terrible Battell 24 Angellica is but a rotten root, Hearbe-grace in scorne, I trample vnder-foot.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 141 The surface of Rue, or Herbgrass, is polish'd.

1679 G. Rose tr. P. Boaistuau Theatre of World i. 27 Rue, or as we call it, Herb of Grace.

1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 55 The vertue of Rue or Herb-a-grace.

1865 Cornhill Mag. July 39 Shakespeare's ‘herb o' grace’ is sadly corrupted, and hardly recognizable under the form ‘herby-grass’.

2. In general sense: a herb of virtue or valuable properties.

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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. at Verbena Vervein has ever been held to be ‘an herb of grace’, and so highly was it esteemed, [etc.].

3. ( herb of grace.) figurative.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. v. 17 Indeed sir she was the sweete Margerom of the sallet, or rather the hearbe of grace .

1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary iii. vi. 169 Mercy, that herb-of-grace, Flowers now but seldom.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	herb-grace
释义	herb-graceherb of gracen. Forms: Also herb-a-grace, and corruptly herbgrass, herby-grass. Etymology: apparently of English origin: supposed to have arisen like the synonym, herb of repentance , out of the formal coincidence of the name rue with rue v.¹, rue n.¹ repent, repentance. See quots. 1592 at sense 1, 1597 at sense 1, 1604 at sense 1. (But Parkinson, Theatr. Bot. 134 says ‘from the many good properties wherunto it serveth’.) Notwithstanding Turner, not known in French. 1. An old name for the herb Rue, Ruta graveolens. (Now Obsolete or dialect) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > rue rudeeOE rue?a1200 herb-grace1548 serving-man's joy1671 countryman's treacle1745–7 herb of repentance1858 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. F.viij Ruta is called..in englishe and frenche, Rue and herbe grace, in duche Ruten. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 122^v Take of Garlicke heades seuen ounces, of Hearbegrace three handfulles. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B2 Some of them smild and said Rue was called Herbe grace, which though they scorned in their youth, they might weare in their age, and it was neuer too late to saye Miserere. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iv. 106 Ile set a banke of Rew sowre hearb of grace, Rew euen for ruth heere shortly shall be seene, In the remembrance of a weeping Queene. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 181 There's Rewe for you, & heere's some for me, we may call it herbe of Grace a Sondaies. c1610 S. Rowlands Terrible Battell 24 Angellica is but a rotten root, Hearbe-grace in scorne, I trample vnder-foot. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 141 The surface of Rue, or Herbgrass, is polish'd. 1679 G. Rose tr. P. Boaistuau Theatre of World i. 27 Rue, or as we call it, Herb of Grace. 1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 55 The vertue of Rue or Herb-a-grace. 1865 Cornhill Mag. July 39 Shakespeare's ‘herb o' grace’ is sadly corrupted, and hardly recognizable under the form ‘herby-grass’. 2. In general sense: a herb of virtue or valuable properties. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. at Verbena Vervein has ever been held to be ‘an herb of grace’, and so highly was it esteemed, [etc.]. 3. ( herb of grace.) figurative. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. v. 17 Indeed sir she was the sweete Margerom of the sallet, or rather the hearbe of grace . View more context for this quotation 1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary iii. vi. 169 Mercy, that herb-of-grace, Flowers now but seldom. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548
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