| 单词 | hog's bane |
| 释义 | > as lemmashog's bane hog's bane n. (a) = henbane n. 1; †(b) the goosefoot Chenopodium murale (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > henbane henbanea1300 henbell?a1350 hendwalea1400 close-wortc1450 symphonia1597 goose-bane1600 hog's bane1600 hog's bean1600 English tobacco1653 jusquiam1727 hyoscyamus1799 mountain hemp1882 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxiv. 150 If he haue eaten of henbane which ancient men haue called the hogs beane..he must be made to drinke the decoction of wilde cucumers. 1761 T. Arnold Bailey's Compl. Eng. Dict. (German ed.) II. 83/1 Hen-Bane, Hogs-Bane. 1835 D. Booth Analyt. Dict. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) 235 The common, or nettle-leaved, Goosefoot (Chenopodium murale) has also, we know not why, the name Sowbane, or Hogsbane. 1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Hog's bane, the Chenopodium murale. 1909 O. Jones Ten Years of Game-keeping xviii. 286 I think he must have meant hog's-bane or henbane. < as lemmas |
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