† spickwortn.
Obsolete. rare.
= spearwort n. 3b.
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spearworta1400
spear-grass1548
spickwort1575
banewort1578
spire-grass1626
butter plate1853
steep1894
1575 J. Awdely Fraternitye of Vacabondes (new ed.) sig. A3 They [sc. washmen] be bitten with Spickworts, & somtime with rats bane.
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