单词 | arsesmart |
释义 | arsesmartn. 1. Water pepper, Persicaria hydropiper, which has a pungent smell and contains oils that can irritate the skin; also called biting arsesmart. Cf. arsenick n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > water-pepper arsesmarta1300 red-kneea1300 culragea1400 smarthole1440 water pepper1538 arsenick1552 ciderage1578 lake-weed1693 water smartweed1867 pochard grass1879 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > bistort and allies adderwortOE arsesmarta1300 persicarya1400 persicaria?a1450 polygonya1500 buckwheat1548 polygonum1562 passions1568 bistort1578 oysterloit1578 goat's wheat1597 peachwort1597 plumbago1597 redshank1597 snake-weed1597 dragonwort1656 smartweed1787 patience dock1796 red-legs1820 passion dock1828 smartgrass1837 mud knotweed1845 jointweed1866 tear-thumb1866 pinch-weed1883 knotweed1884 sachaline1901 a1300 in T. Hunt Plant Names Medieval Eng. (1989) 202 [Persicaria] waterwede vel red bne [read kne] vel ersmert. a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 46 Currago, persicaria, gallice culrage, ance. arssmerte. c1450 in W. R. Dawson Leechbk. (1934) 322 (MED) To take away the ach, take erssmert..wasshe the sore ther with bi the fyre. 1551 W. Turner New Herball 133 Arssmert groweth..in watery places. 1587 L. Mascall First Bk. Cattell ii. 195 If your saddle do chafe your horse. Take an hearbe calde arsemart, in Latin Parcicaria, stamp it, and lay it to. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas 544 Arsmart..because if it touch the taile or other bare skinne, it maketh it smart, as often it doth, being laid into the bed greene to kill fleas. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. iv. 83 Take the leaves of Asmart. 1765 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 12) 78 Drink..of Decoction of Arsesmart. 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 113 Arsmart, or lakeweed, is a bitter plant. 1829 Amer. Turf Reg. Oct. 81 They [sc. bobolinks] remain in the stubble fields in small flocks, feeding upon the seeds of arsesmart and ragweed. 1855 C. A. Harris Dict. Med. Terminol., Dental Surg., & Collateral Sci. (ed. 2) 598/1 Polygonum Hydropiper, the poor man's pepper; biting arse-smart; water pepper. 1922 Year Bk. Amer. Pharmaceut. Assoc. 1921 10 266 From remote times the Russian peasants have used a plant known as Polygonum hydropiper Lin. (Smartweed, Water Pepper, Arsesmart, Biting persicaria) for arresting bleeding. 1975 M. Jackson & T. Teague Handbk. Alternatives Chem. Med. iii. 121 Arsesmart leaves help to heal ulcers in the mouth. 2015 V. E. Frankel Symbolism & Sources Outlander 157 The amulet Nayawenne gives Claire contains the herb arsesmart. 2. Any of several other related or similar plants; esp. (more fully dead arsesmart or spotted arsesmart) redshank, Persicaria maculosa, which is closely related to water pepper. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > other aquatic plants sea-purslane1548 frog-bit1578 heartwort1578 milkwort1578 water dragon1578 water-liverwort1578 water milfoil1578 water milfoil1578 water radish1578 arrowhead1597 saltwort1597 water archer1597 calla1601 water-rocket1605 sea rocket1611 water archer1617 water chickweed1633 water purslane1633 arsesmart1640 water hyssop1653 water thyme1655 water serpent1659 Myriophyllum1754 least water plantain1756 mud-weed1756 Thalia1756 water-leaf1756 marsh liverwort1760 bastard plantain1762 wool-weed1765 Ruppia1770 goat's foot1773 pipewort1776 blinking chickweed1777 mudwort1789 arrowleaf1805 water-target1814 water willow1814 felwort1816 water shield1817 mermaid weed1822 mud plantain1822 hydrilla1824 blinks1835 crystalwort1846 naiad1846 waterwort1846 arrow weed1848 willow-thorn1857 lattice leaf1866 marsh flower1866 bonnet1869 lattice plant1877 sea-ash1884 alligator weed1887 water parsley1891 water hyacinth1897 lirio1926 neverwet1927 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum vii. xxii. 856 Persicaria vulgaris mitis sive maculosa. Ordinary spotted Arsmart. This other Arsmart hath somewhat broader leaves..with semicircular blackish markes on them. 1789 E. Sibly Culpeper's Eng. Physician 65 The hot arsesmart is also called water-pepper, and culrage; the mild arsesmart is called dead arsesmart, porcicaria [sic], or peach-wort. 1826 Encycl. Londiniensis XXI. 90/1 Polygonum lapathifolium, pale-flowered persicaria, or dead arse-smart. 1920 W. E. Brenchley Weeds of Farm Land xiii. 220 Polygonum persicaria, L.—Crab grass,..cronesanke, dead arsesmart, lakeweed,..saucy Alice, spotted arsesmart, Virgin Mary's pinch, [etc.]. 2008 P. C. Almond Witches of Warboys i. 21 Barrow's intention was to kill the supposed worms with bitter herbs: wormwood.., rue, leaves of peachwort or dead arsesmart, seeds of coriander, [etc.]. 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