单词 | scare-devil |
释义 | scare-deviln.ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.1751 |
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