单词 | margeline |
释义 | † margelinen. Obsolete. Any of several low-growing weeds, esp. the ivy-leaved speedwell, Veronica hederifolia, and the scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel wayworta1300 pimpernel?a1425 sicklewortc1450 craches1530 margeline1572 wink-a-peep1626 shepherd's sun-dial1823 poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 shepherd's weatherglass1827 shepherd's calendar1832 scarlet pimpernel1855 shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 shepherd's glass1886 peeper1888 shepherd's hourglass1909 1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Margeline an herbe, asyla. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 234 They haue recourse..to an herbe for remedy called in Greeke Asyla, and by vs in Latine Ferus oculus (i. the wild and cruell eie, or Margellane). 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mauvais œil, Ivie Chickweed, Morgeline, Henbit. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Roodt Guychelheyl, red Mareleyne, an hearbe. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) v Asyla,..an herb wherewith cattle cure themselves, when they have eaten of pimpernel, or margeline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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