high-tapern.

Brit.

/ˌhʌɪˈteɪpə/, U.S.

/ˌhaɪˈteɪpər/

Forms: 1500s hie-taper, 1500s hye-taper, 1500s hygh-taper, 1600s– high-taper.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English hig taper , hag taper n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of hig taper, hyg taper, variants of hag taper n., after high adj., perhaps on account of the height of the plant's flower-spike. Compare taperwort n. at taper n.¹ Compounds 2.

Now rare.

Great mullein, Verbascum thapsus. Cf. hag taper n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > mullein

feltwortc1000

verbascumOE

Thapsusa1400

mullein?a1425

hag taper1526

high-taper1526

tapsebarbe1526

lungwort1538

torch1552

moth mullein1578

wolleyn1578

woollen1578

hedge-taper1579

wool-blade1585

bullock's lungwort1597

candlewick mullein1597

mullet1597

torch-herb1598

taperwort1601

torchwort1647

Jupiter's staff1664

cow's lungwort1777

shepherd's club1790

woollens1800

flannel-leaf1821

Adam's flannel1828

flannel-plant1849

king's taper1858

torch-blade1861

velvet-dock1863

Jacob's staff1879

shepherd's staff1882

wool-plant1883

shepherd's gourd1896

1526 Grete Herball Table of Contents sig. ✠.v^v/1 Tapsus barbatus. Hareberde or hyghtaper.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 179 Take of..hightaper, and of ferne, of each one pound and a halfe.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum i. xxi. 62 Verbascum is called..of the Latines Candela regia and Candelaria, because the elder age used the stalkes dipped in Suet to burne.., and so likewise the English name Higtaper, for Hightaper, the h being left out, used in the same manner, as a Taper or Torch.

1694 J. Pechey Compl. Herbal 135/1 White Mullein, or High-Taper, in Latin Verbascum album vulgare.

1798 E. Hasted Hist. & Topograph. Surv. Kent (ed. 2) IV. 386 There grows on Barming heath,..verbascum album vulgare sive thapsus barbatus communis, great mullein, or hightaper, more plentifully, and of a larger size than I have met with elsewhere.

1816 T. F. Forster Flora Tonbrigensis 30 Verbascum... Thapsus... High Taper. Great Mullein.

1869 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip Feb. 26/1 The Great Mullein (Verbascum Thapsus) is, in modern books, called High-taper.

1913 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough: Balder the Beautiful (ed. 3) II. viii. 64 In Germany the great mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum) is called the King's Candle; in England it is popularly known as High Taper.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	high-taper
释义	high-tapern. Brit. /ˌhʌɪˈteɪpə/, U.S. /ˌhaɪˈteɪpər/ Forms: 1500s hie-taper, 1500s hye-taper, 1500s hygh-taper, 1600s– high-taper. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English hig taper , hag taper n. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of hig taper, hyg taper, variants of hag taper n., after high adj., perhaps on account of the height of the plant's flower-spike. Compare taperwort n. at taper n.¹ Compounds 2. Now rare. Great mullein, Verbascum thapsus. Cf. hag taper n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > mullein feltwortc1000 verbascumOE Thapsusa1400 mullein?a1425 hag taper1526 high-taper1526 tapsebarbe1526 lungwort1538 torch1552 moth mullein1578 wolleyn1578 woollen1578 hedge-taper1579 wool-blade1585 bullock's lungwort1597 candlewick mullein1597 mullet1597 torch-herb1598 taperwort1601 torchwort1647 Jupiter's staff1664 cow's lungwort1777 shepherd's club1790 woollens1800 flannel-leaf1821 Adam's flannel1828 flannel-plant1849 king's taper1858 torch-blade1861 velvet-dock1863 Jacob's staff1879 shepherd's staff1882 wool-plant1883 shepherd's gourd1896 1526 Grete Herball Table of Contents sig. ✠.v^v/1 Tapsus barbatus. Hareberde or hyghtaper. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 179 Take of..hightaper, and of ferne, of each one pound and a halfe. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum i. xxi. 62 Verbascum is called..of the Latines Candela regia and Candelaria, because the elder age used the stalkes dipped in Suet to burne.., and so likewise the English name Higtaper, for Hightaper, the h being left out, used in the same manner, as a Taper or Torch. 1694 J. Pechey Compl. Herbal 135/1 White Mullein, or High-Taper, in Latin Verbascum album vulgare. 1798 E. Hasted Hist. & Topograph. Surv. Kent (ed. 2) IV. 386 There grows on Barming heath,..verbascum album vulgare sive thapsus barbatus communis, great mullein, or hightaper, more plentifully, and of a larger size than I have met with elsewhere. 1816 T. F. Forster Flora Tonbrigensis 30 Verbascum... Thapsus... High Taper. Great Mullein. 1869 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip Feb. 26/1 The Great Mullein (Verbascum Thapsus) is, in modern books, called High-taper. 1913 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough: Balder the Beautiful (ed. 3) II. viii. 64 In Germany the great mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum) is called the King's Candle; in England it is popularly known as High Taper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1526
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