balinn.
Obsolete.
An unknown plant, supposed to have wonderful medicinal virtues.
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1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xvii. 30 a Slain by the virtue of an herbe called Balin.
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica iv. xi Hauing th' herbe Balin in his wounds infusd, Restores his life.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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