spurreyspurryn.

Brit.

/ˈspʌri/, U.S.

/ˈspəri/

Forms: 1500s sperie, 1500s–1600s spury, 1500s– spurry, 1600s– spurrey.

Etymology: < Dutch spurrie (Middle Dutch sporie; older Flemish speurie, spurie; West Frisian sparje, sparre), probably related in some way to medieval Latin spergula (whence German spergel, spörgel, etc.).

a. One or other of various species of herbaceous plants or weeds belonging to the genus Spergula, characterized by slender stems and very narrow leaves; esp. the common species corn spurrey ( S. arvensis), occasionally used as fodder for sheep and cattle; also, the genus to which these species belong.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries

spurrey1577

frank1578

spur wort1640

knotted spurrey1771

pearlwort spurrey1797

awl-shaped spurrey1828

spergula1836

sand spurrey1866

sand spurry1866

spurreys1882

sandwort spurrey1887

α.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 38^v The common people call it Spury, or Sperie.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 18^v Suche thinges as neede not muche moysture, are best sowed in lyght ground, as the great Clauer, Sperie, Chich.

1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 80 So we are ignorant what graine their Far, or fine Bread Corne was, what their Lupine, Spury, and a 100. of this kinde.

β. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 56 Spurry hath round stalkes, with three or foure knots or ioyntes.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Spurrie, Spurrie, or Franke; a Dutch hearbe, and an excellent fodder for cattell.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Spergula,..an Herb call'd Spurry, or Frank; Wood-rose, a kind of Liver-wort.1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire III. 192 The pastures are richly furnished with spurry and golden clover.1838 W. L. Rham Outl. Flemish Husbandry viii. 37 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III Spurry..is a plant which grows very rapidly in light sandy soils.1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) III. 28/1 Spurry..is used on the Continent as a winter food for sheep.γ. 1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Spurrey, a sort of herb called in Latin Spergula.1683 London Gaz. No. 1806/4 An excellent new sort of Grass-Seeds, called Spurrey.1764 Museum Rusticum IV. 45 Spurrey, by them [sc. Flemings] called Marian~grasse.1766 Compl. Farmer Spurrey, the name of a weed common in many parts of England.1838 W. L. Rham Outl. Flemish Husbandry ii. 14 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III Those [seeds] which grow rapidly between the reaping of one crop and the sowing of another, such as spurrey or turnips.1880 R. Jefferies Hodge & Masters I. 27 The spurrey that filled the spaces between the stalks below.

b. With distinctive premodifiers (see quots. and 2).

ΚΠ

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 562 Both the Dutch and we in England call it Spurry or Franck Spurry, for the causes aforesaid, but I do a little more explaine the names, in calling it Francking Spurrewort.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 98 Francking Spurry, or Spurwort.

1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 185 Among the other useful plants cultivated in the neighbouring countries is the common spurrey.

1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 621/1 Spergula arvensis, or corn-spurrey.

1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 621/1 Spergula pentandria, or small spurrey.

c. attributive, as spurrey-sandwort, spurrey-seed.

ΚΠ

1644 G. Plattes in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 257 The Spurry-seed which you have gotten out of the Low-Countries.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 31 In the Low-Countries they usually sowe Spurrey-seed twice in a Summer.

1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum at Poultry When fowls are near their laying-time, spurry seed, and buck wheat is an excellent strengthening for them.

1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1860) 61 Spergularia, Spurrey-Sandwort... Low herbs, growing on or near the sea-coast.

1894 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 5 329 Adulterated..with spurry and other weed seeds.

d. plural. Plants of this genus.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries

spurrey1577

frank1578

spur wort1640

knotted spurrey1771

pearlwort spurrey1797

awl-shaped spurrey1828

spergula1836

sand spurrey1866

sand spurry1866

spurreys1882

sandwort spurrey1887

1882 G. Allen Colours of Flowers ii. 39 Stitchworts..and cornspurries.., which have open flowers of a very primitive character.

Compounds

Applied, with distinctive premodifiers, to various species of plants allied to or resembling (and some formerly classed with) the genus Spergula (see quots.).

awl-shaped spurrey n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries

spurrey1577

frank1578

spur wort1640

knotted spurrey1771

pearlwort spurrey1797

awl-shaped spurrey1828

spergula1836

sand spurrey1866

sand spurry1866

spurreys1882

sandwort spurrey1887

1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (ed. 2) II. 339 Spergula saginoides. Smooth Awl-shaped Spurrey.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 333/2 Spergula saginoides, pearl-wort spurrey, and S. subulata, awl-shaped spurrey, are also natives of Great Britain.

1858 A. Irvine Handbk. Brit. Plants 768 Sagina saxatilis... Smooth Awl-shaped Spurrey.

1887Field Spurrey [see sandwort spurrey n.].

greater spurrey n.

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Alsine The chickweed called the greater spurry.

knotted spurrey n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries

spurrey1577

frank1578

spur wort1640

knotted spurrey1771

pearlwort spurrey1797

awl-shaped spurrey1828

spergula1836

sand spurrey1866

sand spurry1866

spurreys1882

sandwort spurrey1887

1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 621/1 Spergula nodosa, or knotted spurrey.

lawn spurrey n.

ΚΠ

1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Knotted spurry, more properly called knotted pearlwort, is Sagina nodosa. The lawn~spurry (or properly lawn-pearlwort) is Sagina glabra.

pearlwort spurrey n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries

spurrey1577

frank1578

spur wort1640

knotted spurrey1771

pearlwort spurrey1797

awl-shaped spurrey1828

spergula1836

sand spurrey1866

sand spurry1866

spurreys1882

sandwort spurrey1887

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 688/1 Spergula saginoides, pearl~wort spurrey, has smooth, linear, opposite leaves.

purple spurrey n.

ΚΠ

1777 E. Jacob Plantæ Favershamienses 111 Arenaria rubra, Purple Spurrey.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 422 Arenaria rubra,..Purple Spurrey, or Sandwort, [grows in] sandy meadows and corn~fields.

sand spurrey n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries

spurrey1577

frank1578

spur wort1640

knotted spurrey1771

pearlwort spurrey1797

awl-shaped spurrey1828

spergula1836

sand spurrey1866

sand spurry1866

spurreys1882

sandwort spurrey1887

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1089/1 Sand Spurry. Spergularia.

sandwort spurrey n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries

spurrey1577

frank1578

spur wort1640

knotted spurrey1771

pearlwort spurrey1797

awl-shaped spurrey1828

spergula1836

sand spurrey1866

sand spurry1866

spurreys1882

sandwort spurrey1887

1887 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. at Spergularia Two [species] are British: Spergularia rubra, Field, and S. marina, Sea~side Sandwort Spurrey. Both have red flowers.

sea spurrey n.

ΚΠ

1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 185/2 There is another species, the common sea spurrey.

1777 E. Jacob Plantæ Favershamienses 110 Arenaria marina, Small flowered Sea-spurrey.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spurrey
释义	spurreyspurryn. Brit. /ˈspʌri/, U.S. /ˈspəri/ Forms: 1500s sperie, 1500s–1600s spury, 1500s– spurry, 1600s– spurrey. Etymology: < Dutch spurrie (Middle Dutch sporie; older Flemish speurie, spurie; West Frisian sparje, sparre), probably related in some way to medieval Latin spergula (whence German spergel, spörgel, etc.). a. One or other of various species of herbaceous plants or weeds belonging to the genus Spergula, characterized by slender stems and very narrow leaves; esp. the common species corn spurrey ( S. arvensis), occasionally used as fodder for sheep and cattle; also, the genus to which these species belong. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries spurrey1577 frank1578 spur wort1640 knotted spurrey1771 pearlwort spurrey1797 awl-shaped spurrey1828 spergula1836 sand spurrey1866 sand spurry1866 spurreys1882 sandwort spurrey1887 α. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 38^v The common people call it Spury, or Sperie. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 18^v Suche thinges as neede not muche moysture, are best sowed in lyght ground, as the great Clauer, Sperie, Chich. 1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 80 So we are ignorant what graine their Far, or fine Bread Corne was, what their Lupine, Spury, and a 100. of this kinde. β. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 56 Spurry hath round stalkes, with three or foure knots or ioyntes.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Spurrie, Spurrie, or Franke; a Dutch hearbe, and an excellent fodder for cattell.1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Spergula,..an Herb call'd Spurry, or Frank; Wood-rose, a kind of Liver-wort.1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire III. 192 The pastures are richly furnished with spurry and golden clover.1838 W. L. Rham Outl. Flemish Husbandry viii. 37 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III Spurry..is a plant which grows very rapidly in light sandy soils.1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) III. 28/1 Spurry..is used on the Continent as a winter food for sheep.γ. 1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Spurrey, a sort of herb called in Latin Spergula.1683 London Gaz. No. 1806/4 An excellent new sort of Grass-Seeds, called Spurrey.1764 Museum Rusticum IV. 45 Spurrey, by them [sc. Flemings] called Marian~grasse.1766 Compl. Farmer Spurrey, the name of a weed common in many parts of England.1838 W. L. Rham Outl. Flemish Husbandry ii. 14 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III Those [seeds] which grow rapidly between the reaping of one crop and the sowing of another, such as spurrey or turnips.1880 R. Jefferies Hodge & Masters I. 27 The spurrey that filled the spaces between the stalks below. b. With distinctive premodifiers (see quots. and 2). ΚΠ 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 562 Both the Dutch and we in England call it Spurry or Franck Spurry, for the causes aforesaid, but I do a little more explaine the names, in calling it Francking Spurrewort. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 98 Francking Spurry, or Spurwort. 1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 185 Among the other useful plants cultivated in the neighbouring countries is the common spurrey. 1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 621/1 Spergula arvensis, or corn-spurrey. 1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 621/1 Spergula pentandria, or small spurrey. c. attributive, as spurrey-sandwort, spurrey-seed. ΚΠ 1644 G. Plattes in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 257 The Spurry-seed which you have gotten out of the Low-Countries. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 31 In the Low-Countries they usually sowe Spurrey-seed twice in a Summer. 1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum at Poultry When fowls are near their laying-time, spurry seed, and buck wheat is an excellent strengthening for them. 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1860) 61 Spergularia, Spurrey-Sandwort... Low herbs, growing on or near the sea-coast. 1894 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 5 329 Adulterated..with spurry and other weed seeds. d. plural. Plants of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries spurrey1577 frank1578 spur wort1640 knotted spurrey1771 pearlwort spurrey1797 awl-shaped spurrey1828 spergula1836 sand spurrey1866 sand spurry1866 spurreys1882 sandwort spurrey1887 1882 G. Allen Colours of Flowers ii. 39 Stitchworts..and cornspurries.., which have open flowers of a very primitive character. Compounds Applied, with distinctive premodifiers, to various species of plants allied to or resembling (and some formerly classed with) the genus Spergula (see quots.). awl-shaped spurrey n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries spurrey1577 frank1578 spur wort1640 knotted spurrey1771 pearlwort spurrey1797 awl-shaped spurrey1828 spergula1836 sand spurrey1866 sand spurry1866 spurreys1882 sandwort spurrey1887 1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (ed. 2) II. 339 Spergula saginoides. Smooth Awl-shaped Spurrey. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 333/2 Spergula saginoides, pearl-wort spurrey, and S. subulata, awl-shaped spurrey, are also natives of Great Britain. 1858 A. Irvine Handbk. Brit. Plants 768 Sagina saxatilis... Smooth Awl-shaped Spurrey. 1887Field Spurrey [see sandwort spurrey n.]. greater spurrey n. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Alsine The chickweed called the greater spurry. knotted spurrey n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries spurrey1577 frank1578 spur wort1640 knotted spurrey1771 pearlwort spurrey1797 awl-shaped spurrey1828 spergula1836 sand spurrey1866 sand spurry1866 spurreys1882 sandwort spurrey1887 1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 621/1 Spergula nodosa, or knotted spurrey. lawn spurrey n. ΚΠ 1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Knotted spurry, more properly called knotted pearlwort, is Sagina nodosa. The lawn~spurry (or properly lawn-pearlwort) is Sagina glabra. pearlwort spurrey n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries spurrey1577 frank1578 spur wort1640 knotted spurrey1771 pearlwort spurrey1797 awl-shaped spurrey1828 spergula1836 sand spurrey1866 sand spurry1866 spurreys1882 sandwort spurrey1887 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 688/1 Spergula saginoides, pearl~wort spurrey, has smooth, linear, opposite leaves. purple spurrey n. ΚΠ 1777 E. Jacob Plantæ Favershamienses 111 Arenaria rubra, Purple Spurrey. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 422 Arenaria rubra,..Purple Spurrey, or Sandwort, [grows in] sandy meadows and corn~fields. sand spurrey n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries spurrey1577 frank1578 spur wort1640 knotted spurrey1771 pearlwort spurrey1797 awl-shaped spurrey1828 spergula1836 sand spurrey1866 sand spurry1866 spurreys1882 sandwort spurrey1887 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1089/1 Sand Spurry. Spergularia. sandwort spurrey n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > spurrey or spurries spurrey1577 frank1578 spur wort1640 knotted spurrey1771 pearlwort spurrey1797 awl-shaped spurrey1828 spergula1836 sand spurrey1866 sand spurry1866 spurreys1882 sandwort spurrey1887 1887 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. at Spergularia Two [species] are British: Spergularia rubra, Field, and S. marina, Sea~side Sandwort Spurrey. Both have red flowers. sea spurrey n. ΚΠ 1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 185/2 There is another species, the common sea spurrey. 1777 E. Jacob Plantæ Favershamienses 110 Arenaria marina, Small flowered Sea-spurrey. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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