miltwasten.

Brit.

/ˈmɪltweɪst/, U.S.

/ˈmɪltˌweɪst/

Forms: see milt n. and waste n.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milt n., waste v.

Etymology: Apparently < milt n. + waste v., on account of the plant's supposed power to cure an enlarged spleen. Compare spleenwort n. and discussion at that entry.

Now rare.

The rustyback fern, Asplenium ceterach.

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finger fern1548

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tentwort?1550

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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxv. 406 (heading) Of brode or large Splenewort, or Miltwast.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxvii. 408 This herbe is called..in English..Scaleferne, Finger ferne..and Myltewaste.

1657 B. W. tr. B. Bauderon Expert Phisician 189 Agrimony, Burnet, Miltwaist, Mercury, each a handful.

1735 J. Keogh Bot. Univ. Hibernica 116 Spleenwort, Ceterach, or Miltwast, Hib. Lussnashalliga Lat. Asplenium, vel Scolopendria.

1766 J. Hill Hypochondriasis vii. 37 One of our good botanists stamp'd on it the name of Milt-waste.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 258/2 A commonish native fern called Miltwaste or Scale Fern.

1945 A. B. Jackson Step's Wayside & Woodland Ferns (new. ed.) 58 It was said that if pigs ate the rootstock of the fern it would cause their spleen (or milt) to waste away, so one of its early names is Miltwaste.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	miltwaste
释义	miltwasten. Brit. /ˈmɪltweɪst/, U.S. /ˈmɪltˌweɪst/ Forms: see milt n. and waste n. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milt n., waste v. Etymology: Apparently < milt n. + waste v., on account of the plant's supposed power to cure an enlarged spleen. Compare spleenwort n. and discussion at that entry. Now rare. The rustyback fern, Asplenium ceterach. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > spleenworts maidenhairc1300 finger fern1548 scale-fern1548 stone-rue1548 wall rue1548 tentwort?1550 ceterach1551 stone-fern1552 English maidenhair1562 male fern1562 miltwaste1578 spleenwort1578 stonewort1585 white maidenhair1597 milt-wort1611 mule's fern1633 rusty-back1776 maidenhair spleenwort1837 sea-spleenwort1850 sea-fern1855 scaly spleenwort1859 black adiantum1866 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxv. 406 (heading) Of brode or large Splenewort, or Miltwast. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxvii. 408 This herbe is called..in English..Scaleferne, Finger ferne..and Myltewaste. 1657 B. W. tr. B. Bauderon Expert Phisician 189 Agrimony, Burnet, Miltwaist, Mercury, each a handful. 1735 J. Keogh Bot. Univ. Hibernica 116 Spleenwort, Ceterach, or Miltwast, Hib. Lussnashalliga Lat. Asplenium, vel Scolopendria. 1766 J. Hill Hypochondriasis vii. 37 One of our good botanists stamp'd on it the name of Milt-waste. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 258/2 A commonish native fern called Miltwaste or Scale Fern. 1945 A. B. Jackson Step's Wayside & Woodland Ferns (new. ed.) 58 It was said that if pigs ate the rootstock of the fern it would cause their spleen (or milt) to waste away, so one of its early names is Miltwaste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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