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单词 borith
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borithn.

Etymology: < late Latin borith, < Hebrew bōrīṯ, rendered as ‘sope’ in the King James Bible; earlier versions followed the Vulgate in retaining the Hebrew word.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈborith.
A plant yielding an alkali used for cleansing (? Saponaria officinalis).
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. ii. 22 If thou wasshez thee with clensing cley, and multeplie to thee the clensende erbe boreth [a1425 L.V. borith, 1535 Coverdale herbe of Borith].
1468 Medulla Gramm. Boryth, Ffullere gres.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Prol. f. 1 Ye herbe callit Borith quhilk hais greit vertue of clenging.
1655 W. Nicholson Plain Expos. Catech. iv. 171 It is no water worke, no not if you put to it, Nitre, much sope, fullers earth, or the herbe Borith.
1730 in N. Bailey Dict. Britannicum
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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