rose noblen.
/ˌrəʊz ˈnəʊbl/, U.S. /ˌroʊz ˈnoʊb(ə)l/ 1. An English gold coin current in the 15th and 16th centuries, being a variety of the noble (noble n.1 2a) with the figure of a rose on one side, and of varying value at different times and places. Also in extended use. Now historical.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > noble or angel
noble1350
shipc1410
Harry noble1456
angel1469
rose noble1473
angel noble1488
George noble1526
gunhole angela1577
angel piecea1665
rose royal1688
1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 64 A Franche croune and half a ros noble.
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 90 Takin..the saim tyme, viij royse nobillis, xiiij li. viij s.
1494 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 51 A fardyn of a ros nobyll, price 3s. 4½g.
1507 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 434 Thai prisit..the weicht of the Rose noble till tua merkis.
1553 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 274 Gevin to the provest for the wyld aventurs,..ane ross noble, iijli viijs.
1589 H. Wotton Let. (modernized text) in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 235 In receiving my money at Stoade I took rose nobles after 20s. 4d.
1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster v. 60 Capt. Phylaster, cry, myrose nobles, cry.
1630 in tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdoms World (rev. ed.) To Rdr. sig. A 3 [The French] have thought to disgrace his whole storie, by calling him a Pensioner of England, and a man hired to write by the good Rose-nobles of England.
a1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master (1669) Epil. You men with bright rose-noble hair.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 29/1 The Rose Noble..is also termed the Rose Royal, or the Royal of England.
1710 London Gaz. No. 4748/4 A Queen Elizabeth's Piece of 35s. 3 Rose Nobles.
1726 S. M. Leake Nummi Britannici Historia 72 The double Rose Noble, or Rose Ryal is a Noble Medal, coin'd probably when the Queen [sc. Elizabeth I] visited the Mint in Person.
1820 W. Scott Monastery III. iv. 112 The knight cut short his argument, by throwing the landlord a rose-noble.
1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. II. 449 There was also the old noble, now called the ‘rose noble’, to distinguish it from the George noble which had been newly issued.
1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch xli There were Rose Nobles of Edward IV.
1938 E. Casady Henry Howard vi. 122 The Earl of Hertford gave him 150,000 rose nobles to surrender the city.
1991 Choice Jan. 11/1 The coins were later identified as gold rose nobles, dated between 1399 and 1411—they have still to be valued but are very definitely treasure trove.
2.
a. British regional and Irish English. Any of several figworts (genus Scrophularia); esp. the common figwort, S. nodosa.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > figwort and allies
brownwortc1000
scrophularyc1400
water betonyc1400
bishop-leaves1597
fig-wort1597
kernel-wort1597
pilewort1640
scrophularia1663
water figwort1670
rose noble1808
snake's head1834
salpiglossid1846
salt-rheum weed1846
Cornish money-wort1848
turtle-head1857
scrophulariad1866
fiddlewood1878–86
stinking Christopher1878
stinkwort1890
1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. Apr. 348 Upon this ground, I fixed on the scrophularia nodosa, called, in the north of Ireland, rose-noble;..in England great fig-wort.
1877 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 13 46/1 Scrophularia nodosa is known by the name of ‘rose-noble’.
1900 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 10 Feb. 121/1 Scrophularia nodosa, Scrophulariaceæ.—The figwort, or, as it is sometimes called, rose-noble, is the typical plant of its order.
2001 Guardian 20 Sept. ii. 15/5 Though you won't find figwort snuggling up with the kava kava and St John's wort in branches of Holland & Barrett, it is plentiful throughout the British Isles and available from herbalists. Also known as rosenoble, throatwort,..and heal-all.
b. Chiefly English regional. The plant hound's tongue, Cynoglossum officinale. Now historical and rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Boraginaceae (bugloss and allies) > [noun]
ribeOE
hound's-tonguec1000
ox-tonguea1325
rotheren tongue?a1350
buglossa1400
dog's tongue?a1425
lungwort1538
anchusa1548
sheep's tongue1552
cowslip of Jerusalem1578
Our Lady's milkwort1578
pulmonaria1578
sage of Jerusalem1578
wild comfrey1578
maiden-lips1589
bugloss cowslip1597
viper's bugloss1597
viper's herb1597
ribbie1607
lithospermon1646
wall bugloss1650
lady's glove1668
Venus's navelwort1678
spotted comfrey1688
cynogloss1705
Jerusalem sage1736
lawn1778
Mertensia1836
stickseed1843
Virginian cowslip1856
bluebell1858
gooseberry fool1858
Jerusalem cowslip1866
borage-wort1882
echium1883
rose noble1886
milksile-
1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 407 Rose Noble..(2) Cynoglossum officinale, L. Ches. (about New Brighton and Wallasey) where it is very plentiful on the sandhills.
1913 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. (ed. 2) III. 76 Cynoglossum officinale... Called also dog's tongue, rose noble.
1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 298 Note that both Hound's Tongue..and Figwort were called Rose-noble, the royal golden coin, in lieu of the King's own touch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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