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).

单词	scare-devil
释义	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. 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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