lark-heellark's-heeln.
/ˈlɑːkhiːl/, U.S. /ˈlɑrkˌhil/ Brit. /ˈlɑːkshiːl/, U.S. /ˈlɑrksˌhil/ 1. (a) = larkspur n. (b) Indian cress or garden nasturtium (Tropæolum).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > delphinium or larkspur
red maytheeOE
brown maythec1450
lark's foota1500
red maidweed1548
consound1578
lark's claw1578
larkspur1578
ox-eye1578
red camomile1578
Adonis1597
lark-heel1597
lark's toes1597
monkshood1597
rose-a-ruby1597
delphinium1666
pheasant's eye1727
red Morocco1760
rocket larkspur1778
blue rocket larkspur1784
bee-larkspur1846
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > cruciferous flowers > yellow or orange flowers > nasturtium
nasturtian1526
Indian cress1597
lark-heel1597
capucine1693
nasturces1693
nasturtium1706
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 923 Flos Regius..in English Larkes spur, Larkes heele, Larkes toes, Larkes clawe, and Munkes hoode.
a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. i. 12 Mary-golds, on death beds blowing, Larkes-heeles trymme. View more context for this quotation
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 280 Now sow Larks-heels, Canditufts, Columbines, &c.
1695 N. Tate tr. A. Cowley Of Plants iv, in A. Cowley Wks. (1721) III. 360 The Indian-Cress our Climate now does bear, Call'd Larks-heel, 'cause he wears a Horsemans Spur.
1706 J. Gardiner tr. R. Rapin Of Gardens i. 18 Each gentle Seed must hide, Of Flow'rs..As..the Larkheel Train, And Lychnis fam'd more for her scarlet stain.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 306/2 Lark's Heel, Delphinium.
1827 J. Clare Shepherd's Cal. 58 The tall topp'd lark~heels, feather'd thick with flowers.
2. The elongated heel, common among black people.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] > heel of
heeleOE
heel spureOE
hoc1000
lark-heel1865
rearfoot1935
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi 501 Nor do we meet what is termed the lark-heel any oftener here than among the civilized races of Europe.
1872 D. Livingstone in Daily News 29 July Prognathous jaws, lark heels, and other physical peculiarities common among slaves and West Coast negroes.
Derivatives
lark-heeled adj. (See quots.)
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of toes or claws > having particular type of
zygodactylous1828
yoke-toed1831
zygodactyl1831
anisodactylic1834
zygodactylic1835
lark-heeled1837
short-toed1837
heterodactylous1854
pair-toed1868
sympelmous1885
pamprodactylous1889
pigeon-toed1890
pamprodactyl1934
synpelmous-
1837 J. Gould Birds Europe III. 169 Lark-heeled Bunting, Plectrophanes Lapponica, Selby.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 100 Lairock-heel'd, having an uncommon projection of heel.
1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 567 The Coccyginæ, or Lark-heeled Cuckoos, so called from their long hind toe.
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