单词 | borith |
释义 | borithn. A plant yielding an alkali used for cleansing (? Saponaria officinalis). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > soapwort boritha1382 crowsoapa1400 saponera1400 foam-dockc1500 fuller's grass1526 saponary1526 scour-wort1548 soapwort1548 mock gillyflower1578 soapwort gentian1578 struthion1587 soap-weed1607 gill-run-by-the-street1640 candify1727 saponaria1865 bouncing-Bet1884 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). < n.a1382 |
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