spurgen.1
/spəːdʒ/, U.S. /spərdʒ/ 1.
a. One or other of several species of plants belonging to the extensive genus Euphorbia, many of which are characterized by an acrid milky juice possessing purgative or medicinal properties.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun]
catapucec1386
Euphorbiaa1398
spurgea1400
tithymala1400
faitour's grassc1440
cat's-grassc1450
nettlewort1523
essell1527
lint-spurge1548
sea wartwort1548
spurge thyme1548
line-spurge1562
myrtle spurge1562
sun spurge1562
wolf's-milk1575
cypress tithymal1578
devil's milk1578
mercury1578
sea-spurge1597
sun tithymal1597
welcome to our house1597
wood-spurge1597
Euphorbium1606
milk-reed1611
milkwort1640
sun-turning spurge1640
spurge-wort1647
caper-bush1673
Portland spurge1715
milkweed1736
Medusa's head1760
little-good1808
welcome-home-husband1828
three-seeded mercury1846
cat's-milk1861
turnsole1863–79
mole-tree1864
snow-on-the-mountain1873
seven sisters1879
caper-plant1882
asthma herb1887
mountain snow1889
crown of thorns1890
olifants melkbos1898
α.
β. c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 645 Hic tintimalius,..spowrge.c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xlviii. 368 Then the Crow toke Onyonus and Spourge, and made þerof a playster.1483 Cath. Angl. 356/1 Spowrge, herba est.1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 84 b Spourge of the garden one handful.1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 358 All the kindes of Tithymal or Spourge are most commonly in flower in June and July.γ. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 713 Hec spurgia, a sporge.1486 Bk. St. Albans, Hawking cv Also take smale flambe rotis and polipodi and the cornes of sporge.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 274/2 Sporge an herbe, espovrge.a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 11 Anabulla, spurge.
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) v Þei wroteth so depe in þe grounde, tille þei fynde þe rootes of þe ferne and of þe spurge and of oþer rootes.
c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 219 Tak betoyne, sawge, heihoue, vyolet, spurge, egrimoyne & hony.
1562 W. Turner Herball (1568) ii. 31 Spurge purgeth thynne fleme vehemently.
1585 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Health (new ed.) sig. K iij Adde thereto Scamony, the herbe called spurge, and an ox gall.
1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. xi. 125 It was nothing else but a certaine kind of Spurge.
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋79 Celandin weepeth a golden juice, and spurge a milky one.
1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. I. Biberg Oeconomy Nature in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 83 The spurge, that is noxious to man, is a most wholesome nourishment to the caterpillar.
1794 T. Gisborne Walks in Forest i. 4 Changeful spurge, On redden'd stem.
1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. v. 213 When a stalk of spurge..is separated by two incisions from its leaves and roots, the milky fluid flows through both sections.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 112 That he can make Figs out of thistles,..milk From burning spurge.
b. With various distinguishing epithets.For caper, Cypress, myrtle, Portland, sea, sun, wood spurge, etc., see these words.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 363 Peplos..is called in English of some Wartwurt,..also Pety Spurge.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 407 The sixt [kind of spurge is called] Pine Spurge; the seuenth shrub Spurge; the eight tree Mirtle Spurge..; the eleuenth tree Spurge; the twelfe Broad leafed Spurge; the thirteenth and fowerteenth Quacksaluers Spurge.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 257 If a woman be..troubled with a Febre, let her take the fift part of halfe a Chœuix, of Pettispurge, and..nettle seede.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Espurge, Garden Spurge.
1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Botanicum in Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Land-leapers-Spurge, Esula major.
a1705 J. Ray Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. (1724) 312 Tithymalus segetum longifolius,..Long-leaved Corn Spurge.
?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VII.–VIII. Table 80 Luzone Dwarf Spurge.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 328 Spurge, Bastard, Euphorbia.
1777 E. Jacob Plantæ Favershamienses 113 Euphorbia Exigua, Dwarf Spurge, Small annual Spurge.
1777 E. Jacob Plantæ Favershamienses 114 Euphorbia platyphyllos, Broad leaved Spurge.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 447 Euphorbia peplis, Purple Spurge.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 450 E. hyberna, Knotty-rooted Spurge.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 451 E. characias, Red Spurge.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) vi. 101 The plants which I noticed here and there on the pure sandy shelf,..were Sea Rocket,..Saltwort,..Sea-side Spurge (Euphorbia polygonifolia).
2. A particular species or plant of this. Chiefly in plural.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun] > particular type of spurge
petty spurge1578
milkweed1592
spurge1715
Macaranga1846
1715 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 281 Dr. Tournefort says the Root of this Spurge is a proper Cathartick in Hydropick and Cachectic Bodies.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 300 Double Lady's-smock, Spurges of several Kinds.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xx. 289 Spurges having little beauty, they are seldom cultivated in gardens.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 275 If..we consider the separation of sexes a great physiological character, the Order of Spurges will join that of Nettles.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Aug. 4/1 If the stem or leaf of one of these spurges be broken, a fluid as white as milk will immediately run from it.
3. Applied, with distinguishing epithet, to a few plants related to or resembling spurge.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun] > plant related to or resembling
spurge1864
1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands Index 788 Spurge, branched: Ernodea litoralis.
1891 Cent. Dict. at Pachysandra The plant [P. procumbens] has also been called Alleghany-mountain spurge.
1891 Cent. Dict. Slipper-spurge, the slipper-plant.
4. As a moth-name (cf. spurge-moth n. at Compounds 2).
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1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 80 The Spurge (Acronycta Euphorbiæ)..feeds on the Euphorbia esula, and E. cyparissias.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
spurge family n.
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1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §1016 Euphorbiaceæ, the Spurge Family.
spurge genus n.
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 476 Euphorbia, the spurge genus, which gives its name to the order Euphorbiaceæ, comprises a very large number of species.
spurge oil n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > other plant-derived oils
oil de baya1398
oil roseta1400
alkitranc1400
laurinec1400
oil of spicac1400
seed oil1400
rape oil1420
nut-oil?c1425
masticine?1440
oil de rose?1440
oil of myrtine?a1450
gingellya1544
rose oil1552
alchitrean1562
oil of spike1577
oil of ben1594
myrtle oil1601
sesamus1601
sampsuchine1616
oil of walnuts1622
rape1641
oil of rhodium1649
rapeseed oil1652
neroli1676
oil of mace1681
spirit of scurvy-grass1682
beech-oil1716
poppy oil1737
castor oil1746
oil of sassafras1753
orange-peel oil1757
wood-oil1759
bergamot1766
sunflower oil1768
Russia oil1773
oil castor1779
tung-yu1788
poppy-seed oil1799
cocoa butter1801
sassafras oil1801
phulwara1805
oil of wine1807
grass oil1827
oil of marjoram1829
cajuput oil1832
essence of mustarda1834
picamar1835
spurge oil1836
oenanthic ether1837
tea oil1837
capnomor1838
cinnamon-oil1838
oil of mustard1838
orange-flower oil1838
resinein1841
mustard oil1844
myrrhol1845
styrol1845
oenanthol1847
shea butter1847
wintergreen1847
gaultheria oil1848
ginger-grass oil.1849
nutmeg oil1849
pine oil1849
peppermint oil1850
cocoa fat1851
orange oil1853
neem oil1856
poonga oil1857
xanthoxylene1857
crab-oil1858
illupi oil1858
Shanghai oil1861
stand oil1862
mustard-seed oil1863
carap oilc1865
cocum butter or oilc1865
Kurung oil1866
muduga oil1866
pichurim oil1866
serpolet1866
sumbul oil1868
sesame oil1870
niger oil1872
summer yellow1872
olibene1873
patchouli oil1875
pilocarpene1876
styrolene1881
tung oil1881
becuiba tallow1884
soy oil1884
tea-seed oil1884
eucalyptus1885
sage oil1888
hop-oil1889
cotton-seed oil1891
lemon oil1896
palmarosa oil1897
illipe butter1904
hydnocarpus oil1905
tung1911
niger seed oil1917
sun oil1937
vanaspati1949
fennel oil-
1836 J. M. Gully tr. F. Magendie Formulary (ed. 2) 162 Physical Properties of Spurge Oil. It very much resembles castor oil, and has even the same colour.
spurge order n.
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1887 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 5) ii. iii. 672 Euphorbiaceæ, the Spurge Order.
C2. † spurge comfit n. Obsolete a purgative comfit or sweet.† spurge thyme n. Obsolete petty spurge, Euphorbia peplis.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > sweet
spurge comfit1630
1630 M. Dalton Countrey Justice (rev. ed.) xciii. 240 So if one giueth to another Spurge Comfets, or other such thing, in sport, and not in malice.
spurge Daphne n. the spurge laurel.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > daphnes > [noun]
laureolec1386
Daphnec1430
mezereona1500
laurel1548
daffadowndilly1591
Dutch mezereon1597
herb terrible1597
spurge laurel1597
widow wail1597
rock rose1629
spurge olive1668
spurge flax1678
wood laurel1728
mezereum1754
Daphnad1847
spurge Daphne1872
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 226 The berries of..Spurge Daphne are also said to be poisonous to all animals excepting birds.
spurge flax n. (see quot.).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > daphnes > [noun]
laureolec1386
Daphnec1430
mezereona1500
laurel1548
daffadowndilly1591
Dutch mezereon1597
herb terrible1597
spurge laurel1597
widow wail1597
rock rose1629
spurge olive1668
spurge flax1678
wood laurel1728
mezereum1754
Daphnad1847
spurge Daphne1872
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Spurge-flax (Thymelæa), a sort of shrub, whereon grows that rich berry called Coccum Gnidium.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 377 Mezereon. Spurge Olive. Spurge Flax.
1882 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 4) ii. iii. 640 The bark of Daphne Gnidium, Spurge Flax, is likewise official in the Paris Codex.
spurge hawk n. (see quot.).
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1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 25 The Spurge Hawk (Deilephila Euphorbiæ)..feeds on various kinds of spurge.
spurge-moth n. (see quot.).
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1849 C. Kingsley N. Devon: Pt. II in Misc. (1860) II. 269 The great white spurge-moths..whirred like humming~birds over our heads.
1868 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands xiv. 293 These are moths, belonging to the genus Acronycta, and popularly called Spurge Moths on account of the plant on which they reside.
spurge-nettle n. (see quot.).
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1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants 289 Cnidoscolus stimulosa.., Stinging Cnidoscolus. Spurge-nettle. Tread-softly.
spurge olive n. the shrub Daphne mezereum (family Thymeliaceæ).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > daphnes > [noun]
laureolec1386
Daphnec1430
mezereona1500
laurel1548
daffadowndilly1591
Dutch mezereon1597
herb terrible1597
spurge laurel1597
widow wail1597
rock rose1629
spurge olive1668
spurge flax1678
wood laurel1728
mezereum1754
Daphnad1847
spurge Daphne1872
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 109 Bacciferous sempervirent shrubs:..Spurge Olive (Thymælæa).
a1689 A. Behn tr. A. Cowley Plants in Wks. (1711) III. iii. 339 Two lofty Plants, or flowery Giants stand, Spurge-Olive one [etc.].
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 328 Spurge Olive, Daphne.
1796 [see spurge flax n.]. 1802 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire I. 36 The most remarkable, perhaps, are..the Daphne mezereum, or spurge-olive; and the mistletoe.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun]
catapucec1386
Euphorbiaa1398
spurgea1400
tithymala1400
faitour's grassc1440
cat's-grassc1450
nettlewort1523
essell1527
lint-spurge1548
sea wartwort1548
spurge thyme1548
line-spurge1562
myrtle spurge1562
sun spurge1562
wolf's-milk1575
cypress tithymal1578
devil's milk1578
mercury1578
sea-spurge1597
sun tithymal1597
welcome to our house1597
wood-spurge1597
Euphorbium1606
milk-reed1611
milkwort1640
sun-turning spurge1640
spurge-wort1647
caper-bush1673
Portland spurge1715
milkweed1736
Medusa's head1760
little-good1808
welcome-home-husband1828
three-seeded mercury1846
cat's-milk1861
turnsole1863–79
mole-tree1864
snow-on-the-mountain1873
seven sisters1879
caper-plant1882
asthma herb1887
mountain snow1889
crown of thorns1890
olifants melkbos1898
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. F.iv I neuer sawe peplum but once in Bonony, it had litle smal leaues lyke tyme, and in other facion lyke spourge, wherfore it may be called spourge tyme in englishe, tyl we can fynde a better name.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† spurgen.2
Obsolete. rare.
A shoot or sprout.
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the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun]
sproteeOE
wiseOE
spronkOE
wrideOE
brodc1175
wanda1300
breerc1320
scion?c1335
spraya1387
spriga1398
springa1400
sprouta1400
spiringc1400
shoota1450
youngling1559
forth-growing1562
spirk1565
sprouting1578
surcle1578
chive1583
chit1601
spurt1601
sprit1622
germen1628
spurge1630
spirt1634
brairding1637
springet1640
set1658
shrubble1674
underling1688
sobolesa1722
branchlet1731
springlet1749
sproutling1749
sprang1847
shootlet1889
1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 138 Cabbages of such huge proportion, as the very leaves thereof (so largely extended were the spurges) might..give shadow to five hundred men.
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spurgev.1
Obsolete exc. dialect.† 1. transitive. To cleanse, purify (a person, the body, etc.); to free from or rid of impurity. Also figurative, to clear of guilt (= purge v.1 1). Obsolete.† 2. With away or out. To remove by some cleansing or purifying process. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > remove impurities from [verb (transitive)]
mereeOE
spurge1303
fine1340
sendre1340
purea1350
purgec1350
purifya1398
depurea1400
clarifyc1430
expurge1483
defecatec1487
subtiliate1551
refine?1572
neatify1581
distil1599
sublimate1601
sweeten1601
depurate1620
infresh1635
lustre1645
lustrate1653
freshen1710
chasten1715
epurate1799
enchastena1806
dispollute1862
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > exculpate
cleansea1000
skere?c1225
unwreea1250
spurge1303
sunyiea1325
disblamec1374
quita1400
whitena1400
emplasterc1405
declare1460
clear1481
absolve1496
purgea1530
free1560
clenge1592
disculp1602
uncharge1604
exonerate1655
exculpate1656
wash1659
excriminate1661
to wipe the mouth of1687
disculpate1693
whitewash1703
rehabilitate1847
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 10917 Of flyes men mow hem weyl spourge.
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2226 At londen on a day Mark wald spourge þe quen.
1483 in J. Gairdner Lett. Reigns of Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 3 When that a king annoynted ys deceassed,..his body [is] spurged.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 729/1 I sporge, I clense, jespurge.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 729/1 I shall do the best I can to sporge it.
1546 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) VI. 267 Commandment was given to the apothecaries..and others, to do their duties in spurging, cleansing, bowelling [etc.],..the said corps.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > remove impurities from [verb (transitive)] > remove by purifying
bermc1315
spurgea1395
purifyc1400
defeke1605
defecate1774
a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis ii. xxix. (1494) Vntyll the wyne hath boylled & spourged oute all vnclennesse.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxxix. 132 Another Ensample I shalle telle yow of Mary Magdalene, whiche dyd wasshe and spurge awey her synnes and mysdedes by the water of her eyen.
3. figurative.1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Induct. 63 in Wks. II Yonder he is within,..rowling himselfe vp and downe like a tun, i' the midst of 'hem, and spurges, neuer did vessel of wort, or wine worke so!† c. To come or rise up in fermentation or ‘working’. Obsolete. rare.
a. intransitive. Of ale, wine, or other fermenting liquor: To emit or throw off impure matter by fermentation; to cleanse or purify itself in this way; to ferment or ‘work’. Cf. purge v.1 7.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [verb (intransitive)] > ferment
barmc1440
spurgec1440
work1570
spurge1634
ferment1667
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 32/2 Bermyn, or spurgyn as ale, or other lyke, spumo.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xlv. 364 A mouse on a tyme felle into a barell of newe ale, that spourgid, and myght not come oute.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 731/1 This ale spurgeth a great deale better for the cariage.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 184 The Hony.., after the strayning,..worketh like newe Wine, and spurgeth.
1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick iv. xi. 135 When these liquors are incorporated together, they wax hot, and begin to spurge.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 284 Spurge,..to emit yeast from beer, when it is first tunned.
b. reflexive. Of a vessel.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [verb (reflexive)] > ferment
spurge14..
14.. Medical MS. in Anglia XIX. 85 Take of eytherys water and put it in-to sondre vessel; sythen put to eyþer barlyche and horssys dong, and whether wessel sporgyth hym, is noȝt bareyn.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [verb (intransitive)] > ferment
barmc1440
spurgec1440
work1570
spurge1634
ferment1667
1634 J. Levett Ordering of Bees 50 And if any rosse worketh or spurgeth up.
4. To empty or relieve the bowels by evacuation. Cf. purge v.1 2b.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [verb (intransitive)]
dritea1000
to do one's filthheadc1300
shit?c1335
to go to siegec1400
scumbera1425
cack1436
to do one's easementa1438
to ease nature, ease oneselfc1440
skite1449
to do of one's needingsc1475
fen1486
dung1508
spurge1530
to cover his feet1535
lask1540
stool1540
to exonerate nature1542
file1564
fiant1575
cucka1605
wray1620
exonerate1631
excrement1632
to do one's ease1645
sir-reverence1665
excrementizec1670
nest1679
poop1689
move1699
defecate1837
crap1874
mire1918
to make a mess1928
mess1937
to go poo-poo (also poo-poos)1960
potty1972
to do a whoopsie (or whoopsies)1973
pooh1975
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 729/1 I sporge, I have a great laxe, jay la foyre.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 730/2 I spurge, as a man dothe at the foundement after he is deed.
a1643 W. Cartwright Siedge v. vi, in Comedies (1651) sig. L8 The Body's somthing noysome: 'tis a stale one; Good troth it spurgeth very monstrously.
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† spurgev.2
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. Of a tree: To shoot or sprout. rare.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth
spriteOE
wrideOE
brodc1175
comea1225
spirec1325
chicka1400
sprouta1400
germin?1440
germ1483
chip?a1500
spurgea1500
to put forth1530
shootc1560
spear1570
stock1574
chit1601
breward1609
pullulate1618
ysproutc1620
egerminate1623
put1623
germinate1626
sprent1647
fruticate1657
stalk1666
tiller1677
breerc1700
fork1707
to put out1731
stool1770
sucker1802
stir1843
push1855
braird1865
fibre1869
flush1877
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 243 In that tyme [spring] al thynnges begynnyth to renoue;.. the tren clothyn ham wyth lewis, botonyth and spourgyth.
2.
a. To spout or gush out in a stream.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > be emitted [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly or forcibly
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1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 167 Than fra the stowmpe the blud out spurgyt fast.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 36 Not so great a ruffling the riuer strong flasshye reteyneth Through the breach owt spurging.
b. transitive. To cast forth copiously.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > eject
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to throw off1660
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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 They gripte in tallants the meat and furth spourged a stincking Foule carrayne sauoure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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