stork's billn.

Etymology: Compare German storchschnabel (schnabel beak, bill), Old Saxon storkesnevel (in sense 1).

1. A book-name for a plant of the genus Erodium (N.O. Geraniaceæ), esp. E. cicutarium or E. moschatum. †Also in corrupt forms stocks-bill (Ray N.C. Words, 1691), stockbill (Withering Brit. Pl., ed. 3, 1796, III. 608).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers > stork's bill

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1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 9 This kynde [of Geranium] is called in Englishe Pinke nedle or starkis [sic] byll.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 795 Knobbed Cranes bill..is also called..in English Storks bill.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 796 Musked Storkes bill.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. xv. 94 Bees gather of these flowers following..In May:..Storks-bill, Mous-ear, [etc.].

1825 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora III. 229 Erodium. Stork's-bill.

1825 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora III. 229 E. cicutarium. Hemlock Stork's-bill.

1825 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora III. 230 E. moschatum. Musky Storks'-bill.

1825 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora III. 231 E. maritimum. Sea Stork's-bill.

1898 C. M. Yonge John Keble's Parishes xiv. 162 On the road-side have sprung up..the Stork's bill, Erodium moschatum.

attributive.1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 101/2 Erodium ciconium (stork-bill geranium).

2. A plant of the genus Pelargonium (N.O. Geraniaceæ).

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herb Roberta1300

stick pile?a1450

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devil's needlea1500

crane's-bill1548

dove's-foot1548

geranium1548

shepherd's needle1562

bloodroot1578

Gratia Dei1578

sanguine root1578

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Roman cranesbill1648

robin1694

redshanka1722

musk1728

ragged Robert1734

pigeon-foot1736

rose geranium1773

mountain flowera1787

wood cranesbill1796

peppermint-scented geranium1823

stork's bill1824

wild geranium1840

musk geranium1845

pin grass1847

Robert1847

stinking crane's bill1857

mourning widow1866

pinweed1876

ivy-leaved pelargonium1887

ivy-geranium1894

regal1894

peppermint geranium1922

1824 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. i. 65 P[elargonium] Barringtonii, a splendid flower..considered the first of storksbills.

1829 T. Castle Introd. Systematical & Physiol. Bot. 146 One extensive genus, called pelargonium or stork's-bill, upwards of one hundred and fifty species of which are natives of the Cape of Good Hope.

1848 R. H. Schomburgk Hist. Barbados 602 Pelargonium humifusum. Trailing Stork's Bill.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1102/1.

†3. Surgery. = crow-bill n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments for extracting foreign bodies

ground-drawer1598

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stork's bill1671

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protracter1726

protractor1728

bullet-drawer1752

parasol probang1882

coin-catcher1895

1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Storks bill, a Chirurgions Instrument, the same as Crows bill which see.

†4. A derisive gesture: = Latin ciconia. Obsolete.

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society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > derisive gesture > [noun]

middle finger1562

fig1579

fico1596

stork's bill1616

snook1791

finger-snap1821

monkey motion1845

to give (a person) the finger1874

finger-click1897

two fingers1971

1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. ii, in Wks. I. 237 You giue him the Reuerse stroke, with this Sanna, or Storkes-bill.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	storks bill
释义	stork's billn. Etymology: Compare German storchschnabel (schnabel beak, bill), Old Saxon storkesnevel (in sense 1). 1. A book-name for a plant of the genus Erodium (N.O. Geraniaceæ), esp. E. cicutarium or E. moschatum. †Also in corrupt forms stocks-bill (Ray N.C. Words, 1691), stockbill (Withering Brit. Pl., ed. 3, 1796, III. 608). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers > stork's bill ground-needlea1400 pookneedlea1425 pink needle1548 stork's bill1562 heronsbill1578 moschata1578 musk cranesbill1640 Muscovy1648 musk stork's-bill1853 pin clover1880 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 9 This kynde [of Geranium] is called in Englishe Pinke nedle or starkis [sic] byll. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 795 Knobbed Cranes bill..is also called..in English Storks bill. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 796 Musked Storkes bill. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. xv. 94 Bees gather of these flowers following..In May:..Storks-bill, Mous-ear, [etc.]. 1825 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora III. 229 Erodium. Stork's-bill. 1825 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora III. 229 E. cicutarium. Hemlock Stork's-bill. 1825 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora III. 230 E. moschatum. Musky Storks'-bill. 1825 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora III. 231 E. maritimum. Sea Stork's-bill. 1898 C. M. Yonge John Keble's Parishes xiv. 162 On the road-side have sprung up..the Stork's bill, Erodium moschatum. attributive.1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 101/2 Erodium ciconium (stork-bill geranium). 2. A plant of the genus Pelargonium (N.O. Geraniaceæ). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > geranium and allied flowers > allied flowers herb Roberta1300 stick pile?a1450 culverfootc1450 devil's needlea1500 crane's-bill1548 dove's-foot1548 geranium1548 shepherd's needle1562 bloodroot1578 Gratia Dei1578 sanguine root1578 pigeon's-foot1597 Roman cranesbill1648 robin1694 redshanka1722 musk1728 ragged Robert1734 pigeon-foot1736 rose geranium1773 mountain flowera1787 wood cranesbill1796 peppermint-scented geranium1823 stork's bill1824 wild geranium1840 musk geranium1845 pin grass1847 Robert1847 stinking crane's bill1857 mourning widow1866 pinweed1876 ivy-leaved pelargonium1887 ivy-geranium1894 regal1894 peppermint geranium1922 1824 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. i. 65 P[elargonium] Barringtonii, a splendid flower..considered the first of storksbills. 1829 T. Castle Introd. Systematical & Physiol. Bot. 146 One extensive genus, called pelargonium or stork's-bill, upwards of one hundred and fifty species of which are natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 1848 R. H. Schomburgk Hist. Barbados 602 Pelargonium humifusum. Trailing Stork's Bill. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1102/1. †3. Surgery. = crow-bill n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments for extracting foreign bodies ground-drawer1598 upheaver1598 crow-bill1611 probang1657 stork's bill1671 goose-bill1676 alphonsine1688 protracter1726 protractor1728 bullet-drawer1752 parasol probang1882 coin-catcher1895 1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Storks bill, a Chirurgions Instrument, the same as Crows bill which see. †4. A derisive gesture: = Latin ciconia. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > derisive gesture > [noun] middle finger1562 fig1579 fico1596 stork's bill1616 snook1791 finger-snap1821 monkey motion1845 to give (a person) the finger1874 finger-click1897 two fingers1971 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. ii, in Wks. I. 237 You giue him the Reuerse stroke, with this Sanna, or Storkes-bill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562
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