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1577 Hill's Gardeners Labyrinth i. xxix. 71 Serpents greatly hate the fyre... They loue the Sauine tree, the Juie, and Fennel, as Todes do the Sauge.

1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 3 In these Gullies grow Saven Bushes.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. §ii. i. 219 Savine-Berrys. About as big as those of the common Juniper, and of a blackish blew.

1709 Rec. Wemyss Kirk Session 11 Sept. Elspeth Jamison..is suspect to be with child and indeavouring to put back the birth and for that end had been seeking the saving tree from the gardiners.

1739 Ladies Dispensatory xi. 127 Myrrh, two Drams; Savin Leaves, and Flowers of Red Roses, of each a handful.

1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory iii. 702 Savine Ointment. Take fresh leaves of savine freed from the stalks and bruised, half a pound.

1841 Rec. Kelton Kirk Session 29 Aug. John Pattie applied to him to procure a sprig of Savingtree.

1917 H. V. Arny Princ. Pharmacy (ed. 2) 760 The natural order Coniferæ, to which the savine tree belongs, is commonly called the pine family.

2000 S. Donati Dawn on Distant Shore (2001) 514 She paused to run her hand over a spreading savin bush.