单词 | psilothre |
释义 | † psilothren. Obsolete. 1. A substance that removes hair; a depilatory. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping or being stripped of hair > that which psilothre?a1425 rusma1585 depilatory1606 pelador1631 psilothrum1661 wax1926 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 114 (MED) When he shal entre the bath, be he anoynted with a psilotorie [L. psilotro] made of 4 partez of calce & one of Arsenec. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xxi. 59 A Psilothre..is a paste whiche..doeth foorthwith cause the haires to fall out. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Eev Every Psylother..doth not onely attenuate, but evell hairs. 2. White bryony, Bryonia alba. Cf. psilothrum n. 2. rare. Middle Eng. Dict. suggests that this may be an error for psillie psylly n. (psyllium, Plantago psyllium). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > bryony neepOE hound's-berrya1300 smear-nepa1400 white vine?a1425 psilothre?1440 black vine1552 bryony1552 tetter-berry1597 Mary's seal1600 psilothrum1601 wild vine1607 lady's seal1617 black bryony1626 Our Lady's signet1640 poison-withe1693 felon-berrya1715 cow-bind1820 bryony-vine1842 oxberry1859 wood-vine1861 mandrake1886 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 917 Yet another craft sleeth fleen: Wattrid cucumber seed, or comyn grounde, Lupyne, or psilotre [L. psilotri] kest on the grounde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1425 |
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