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单词 scare-devil
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scare-deviln.

Etymology: < scare v. + devil n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscare-devil.
1. A name for plants of the genus Hypericum, formerly supposed to possess the power of curing persons possessed with devils. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Guttiferae (St. John's wort and allies) > [noun]
velderudea1300
grace of God?c1400
floure jonett1423
St John's-wort?a1425
St. Peter's wort1526
hypericum1538
St John's grass1538
johnswort1710
scare-devil1751
orange grass1811
pineweed1814
nit-weed1818
guttifer1846
rose of Sharon1849
amber1861
goatweed1915
Klamath weed1922
1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 229 Such is the Herb Hypericum, called also St. John's-wort, and Scare Devil.
2. dialect. A name for the Swift ( Cypselus apus), perhaps with reference to its dark colour and rapid flight.
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1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 462 Skeer devil..Skir devil, a name for the swift.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Scare-devil, the swift.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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