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单词 swines grass
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swine's grassn.

Brit. /ˈswʌɪnz ɡrɑːs/, /ˈswʌɪnz ɡras/, U.S. /ˈswaɪnz ˌɡræs/
Forms:

α. see swine n. and grass n.1; also late Old English swinegers (Kentish).

β. Middle English suines gres, Middle English swines gras, Middle English swines gres, Middle English swynes garce, Middle English swynes gersse, Middle English swynes gres, Middle English swynys grees, 1500s swynes grasse, 1500s–1600s swines grasse, 1600s swines grass, 1700s– swine's grass.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: swine n., grass n.1
Etymology: In α. forms < swine n. + grass n.1 In β. forms < the genitive of swine n. + grass n.1 Compare swinecress n.Compare German regional (Low German: East Friesland) swiengras (19th cent. or earlier).
1. Knotgrass, Polygonum aviculare (which is attractive to pigs as food). Cf. swinecress n. 1. Now historical and rare.The gloss in quot. lOE is only partly legible; it has alternatively been read as swinewert (cf. wort n.1).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > knot-grass
swine's grasslOE
bird's-tonguea1300
sparrow's-tonguea1400
corrigiolec1400
swinecress?a1425
knot-grass1538
way-grass1565
centinode1611
pinkweed1657
breadwort1736
stone-weed1847
allseed1855
knotwort1864
wire-weed1864
willow weed1866
knotweed1884
lOE Glosses to Herbarium of Pseudo-Apuleius (Ashm. 1431) in P. Bierbaumer Der Botanische Wortschatz des Altenglischen (1979) III. 225 Swinegers [apparently glossing proserpinatia].
a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 104 Lingua passeris, poligonia, proserpinata, centinodium idem. angl. swynesgarce [?a1425 Sloane swinesgras].
?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 144 Centenodium is an herbe þat men clepe centenodye or sparwystungge or swynys grees [c1450 Bodl. 583 swynes gersse, a1500 Harl. 3840 swynekarse, a1500 Laud swynescars].
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 452 Knot grasse..is giuen vnto swine..when they are sicke..whereupon the countrie people do call it Swines grasse, and Swines skir.
1616 Treat. Princ. Dis. Eyes in W. Bayley Two Treat. Preserv. Eie-sight (new ed.) ii. ix. 61 The roote of swines grasse or knot grasse dryed in the decrease of the Moone, and hung about the neck, doth also conserue and strengthen the sight.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 331 Poligona, knot-grass, swine's-grass, or blood-wort..is very pernicious to sheep.
1992 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Aug. The plant [sc. knotgrass] has also been called pigweed, swine's grass, nine-joints, allseed and bird's tongue.
2. Common ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris. Cf. swinecress n. 3. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > ragwort
groundsela700
ragwortc1300
bunweeda1525
senecio1562
St. James's wort1578
rugwort1592
felon-weed1597
staggerwort1597
staverwort1597
yellow-weed1597
ragweed1610
swine's grassa1697
hogs madder1707
sea-ragwort1736
dog standard1767
Jacobaea1789
swinecress1803
benweed1823
fly-dod1826
mountain groundsel1830
cushag1843
fairies' horse1866
Oxford ragwort1884
a1697 J. Aubrey Mem. Nat. Remarques County Wilts. (1838) 7 Raggewort (Jacobæa) vulgo Swine-grasse, growes too plentifully in good ground from Nottinghamshire to the Bishoprick of Durham.
1813 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire II. viii. 193 Yellow Ragwort, Swine-grass, Dog-wort, or Stinking Anny (senecio jacobæa), is seen in many dry pastures in this district, where Sheep are not kept.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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