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单词 shavegrass
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shavegrassn.

/ˈʃeɪvɡrɑːs//ˈʃeɪvɡras/
Forms: Also Middle English schave-, 1500s schavi-, 1600s sheav-.
Etymology: < shave v. + grass n.1 Compare shave-rush n., shavewort n.
A plant of the genus Equisetum (see horsetail n. 2); esp. E. hyemale.
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c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 37 Cauda equina, cauda caballina idem est. angl. schauegres.
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. F.iiijv Polygonum femina is called in Englishe thycke Shauegrasse, or short Shaue grasse.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 956 This small or naked Shaue grasse, wherewith Fletchers and Combemakers doe..polish their worke, riseth out of the ground like..Asparagus.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. li. 408 It is more..hurtful than..the Sheavgrass to the Mowers of Hay.
1773 Hawkesworth's Acc. Voy. III. 644 [It] bites upon wood almost as keenly as the shave-grass of Europe.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 613 Rubbing with horse's tail (shave-grass) the parts to be yellowed.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 613 Rubbing the whole work with shave-grass, to remove any granular appearance.
1857 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 386 Rough Horsetail, Shave-grass, Dutch Rush.
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