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单词 micklewort
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micklewortn.

Forms: pre-1700 mekillwort, pre-1700 mekilwort, pre-1700 mekilwourte, pre-1700 mekkillwort, pre-1700 mukilwort, pre-1700 mwkilworth.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mickle adj., wort n.1
Etymology: < mickle adj. + wort n.1
Scottish. Obsolete.
Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Also (in quot. a15381): a drink made from the berries of deadly nightshade.
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1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Chron. Scotl. (1941) II. xii. 148 Þe Scottis tuke þe iusse of mekilwourte beryis, and mengit it in þair wyne, ayill and brede.
a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 4v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mekil(l)wort Danvs the 4 tyme come in Scotland & drank mekilwort.
a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 75, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mukil(l)wort In..bakin & broyn with salatro at we call mwkilworth ane herb.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 39510 How King Duncane send the wyne and aill browin with mukil wort to King Sueno.
a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) xii. ii. f. 456v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mekil(l)wort This mekillwort..is ane herbe..having liquore provocative to sleip.
1633 in J. G. Dalyell Darker Superstitions Scotl. (1834) 153 Ane litle pig of oyle, maid of mekillwort.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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