单词 | little-good |
释义 | little-goodn. 1. Scottish and English regional (northern). Sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia (now rare). Also: †common sorrel, Rumex acetosa (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun] catapucec1386 Euphorbiaa1398 spurgea1400 tithymala1400 faitour's grassc1440 cat's-grassc1450 nettlewort1523 essell1527 lint-spurge1548 sea wartwort1548 spurge thyme1548 line-spurge1562 myrtle spurge1562 sun spurge1562 wolf's-milk1575 cypress tithymal1578 devil's milk1578 mercury1578 sea-spurge1597 sun tithymal1597 welcome to our house1597 wood-spurge1597 Euphorbium1606 milk-reed1611 milkwort1640 sun-turning spurge1640 spurge-wort1647 caper-bush1673 Portland spurge1715 milkweed1736 Medusa's head1760 little-good1808 welcome-home-husband1828 three-seeded mercury1846 cat's-milk1861 turnsole1863–79 mole-tree1864 snow-on-the-mountain1873 seven sisters1879 caper-plant1882 asthma herb1887 mountain snow1889 crown of thorns1890 olifants melkbos1898 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Littlegood, Littlegudy, Sun-spurge, or wart-spurge, an herb, S. Euphorbia helioscopia, Linn. 1863 Border Mag. Aug. 94 Euphorbia helioscopia (sun-spurge, or ‘littlegood’) was called wartwort as early as the days of Turner, 1562. 1876 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 12 39/2 Rumex acetosa gets [the name of] ‘little guid’. 1893 O. Heslop Northumberland Words II. 453 Little-good, the sun spurge, Euphorbia helioscopia, Linn. Common in cultivated fields. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 202 at Little Little-guid, sun-spurge, Euphorbia Helioscopia. Also Gairden Little-guid, = E. Cyparissias. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] devileOE Beelzebubc950 the foul ghosteOE SatanOE warlockOE SatanasOE worsea1200 unwinea1225 wondc1250 quedea1275 pucka1300 serpenta1300 dragon1340 shrew1362 Apollyon1382 the god of this worldc1384 Mahoundc1400 leviathan1412 worsta1425 old enemyc1449 Ruffin1567 dismal1570 Plotcocka1578 the Wicked One1582 goodman1603 Mahu1603 foul thief1609 somebody1609 legiona1616 Lord of Flies1622 walliman1629 shaitan1638 Old Nicka1643 Nick1647 unsel?1675 old gentleman1681 old boy1692 the gentleman in black1693 deuce1694 Black Spy1699 the vicious one1713 worricow1719 Old Roger1725 Lord of the Flies1727 Simmie1728 Old Scratch1734 Old Harry1777 Old Poker1784 Auld Hornie1786 old (auld), ill thief1789 old one1790 little-good1821 Tom Walker1833 bogy1840 diabolarch1845 Old Ned1859 iniquity1899 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xlix. 384 All this running here, and riding there, as if the littlegude was at his heels. 1823 J. Galt Entail II. xxx. 284 The mim maidens now-a-days hae delivered themselves up to the Little-gude in the shape and glamour o' novelles and Thomson's Seasons. 1835 J. D. Carrick Laird of Logan 164 If ever I saw ‘Little Gude himsel’ in my life, it was there ae nicht. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808 |
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