thistlen.
/ˈθɪs(ə)l/ 1. β. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xi. 130 A gode contree to sowen Inne thristelle & breres & broom & thornes.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 166 Vpone the awfull Thrissill scho beheld.1548 H. Balnaues Confession Faith (1584) 132 May yee gather grapes of thornes, or figges of thrisles?1806 A. Douglas Poems 145 (E.D.D.) Nae thrisles here your thumbs to prick.1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 39 The thristles by the road side.γ. 1809 T. Batchelor Bedford Words in Orthoëpical Anal. Eng. Lang. 123/2 Provincial Pronunciations, fislz.1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words Fistle, var. pron. of ‘thistle’.1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Fissle, Fistle, a thistle.
a. The common name of the prickly herbaceous plants of the genus Carduus (N.O. Compositæ, suborder Cynarocephalæ) and several closely allied genera (Cnicus, Cirsium, Onopordum, etc.), having the stems, leaves, and involucres thickly armed with prickles, the flower-heads usually globular, and the flowers most commonly purple; many species are abundant as weeds.Formerly (and in scriptural or rhetorical language) applied vaguely, including various prickly plants: cf. 2, Compounds 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles
thistlec725
carduea1398
wolf's-thistlea1400
cardoona1425
wolf-thistle1526
cotton-thistle1548
gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
black chameleon1551
ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
c725 Corpus Gloss. (O.E.T.) 384 Carduus, þistel.
a800 Erfurt Gloss. 271 Carduus, thistil.
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 379/23 Carduus orrens, se onscunienda þystel.
a1327 On Dreams in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 264 Ȝef thou etest of thystles ȝurne, Thy fomon the freteth on uche hurne.
c1400 Rom. Rose 1835 Thornes sharpe..Ther were, and also thistels thikke, And breres, brimme for to prikke.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 81 I haue nothyng but thystles and nettles.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. iii. D Cursed be ye earth for thy sake... Thornes and thistles shall it beare vnto the.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 145v Spina in Latin is properly called a thistel.
1649 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1650) i. vii Doubts are like the Thistle, a bad weed, but growing in good ground.
1758 R. Brown Compl. Farmer (1760) ii. 31 Thistles, docks, and all sorts of rank weeds.
1890 A. R. Wallace Darwinism (new ed.) 28 Hundreds of square miles of the plains of La Plata are now covered with..species of European thistle.
b. As the heraldic emblem of Scotland; also, a figure of a thistle as such. Cf. rose n.1 6.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > national
ravenOE
thistle1488
red cross1523
St George's cross1548
Britannia1605
red rose1618
British Lion1687
shamrock1712
leek1714
American eagle1782
rising sun1787
white horse1814
Bird of Freedom1825
Union Jack1847
maple leaf1860
meatball1919
red star1920
hammer and sickle1921
chakra1947
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 85 A couering of..purpir tartar browdin with thrissillis and a vnicorne.
1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 261 Thre thrissilles of coppir gilt.
1562 A. Scott Poems (1896) i. 3 Welcum, oure thrissill with þe Lorane grene!
1786 R. Burns Poems 31 Paint Scotland greetan owre her thrissle.
1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous vii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. IV. 191 She seeks the Black Douglas, or some such hero of the Thistle.
1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. II. 463 The twopenny pieces [of Jas. I] have a rose on one side, and a thistle on the other, crowned.
c. As a part of the insignia of the Order of the Thistle, the distinctively Scottish order of knighthood (instituted by James II in 1687 and revived by Queen Anne in 1703) conferred on noblemen of that country; hence transferred the order itself, or membership in it; Knight of the Thistle, a member of this order.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > position of commander in an order > of Order of the Thistle
Knight of the Thistle1687
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > order > knighthood > Order of the Thistle
Order of the Thistle1687
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1687 London Gaz. No. 2251/2 His Majesty having been Graciously Pleased the 29th of May last, to Sign a Patent to be past under the Great Seal of Scotland, for Reviving and Restoring [sic] the most Ancient and most Noble Order of the Thistle.
1710 London Gaz. No. 4694/3 The Earl of Stair was invested..with the most Noble Order of the Thistle.
1732 Gentleman's Mag. June 827/1 The E. of Portmore, made a Kt of the Thistle in the Room of the E. of Loudoun, dec.
1828 N. H. Nicolas Statutes of Order of Thistle 21 After its [sc. Order of the Thistle's] Revival by King James, the Knights of the Thistle were Installed in the Chapel of Holyrood House.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. iv. 104 Having the Thistle already originally bestowed on him by King James the Second, his Grace was now promoted to the honour of the Garter.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 10 Jan. 1/1 The Duke of Argyll..received his Thistle from Lord Palmerston in 1851.
1911 J. Warrack Knights of Most Noble Order of Thistle 29 The King, after consulting the Chapter of the Knights of the Thistle, ordered a letter to be sent.
1963 Times 30 Apr. 10/7 Sir Robert Menzies, the Prime Minister, is expected to visit Britain and the United States in June,..later going to Edinburgh to be installed as a Knight of the Thistle.
d. transferred. Something resembling a thistle in form or appearance.
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the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [noun] > others
sunc1400
T1621
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map1822
sphendone1847
thistle1891
turkey-foot1932
1891 J. W. Harrison Life Mackay of Uganda i. 2 Thistles of frost garnished the window-panes.
e. figurative or in figurative context, with reference to the thistle as a noxious or prickly weed.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful thing or person > like a weed
weedeOE
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fungus1659
tare1686
1563 N. Winȝet tr. St. Vincent of Lérins For Antiq. Catholike Fayth xxviii, in Certain Tractates (1890) II. 59 God forbid that the rose plantis of the catholik sense be turnit in thirsillis and thornis!
1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiv. 415 He snatcheth at the thistle of a project, which first pricks his hands, and then breaks.
1797–1803 J. Foster Jrnl. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 163 Adversity! thou thistle of life.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 113 His knowledge is a pedantry, and dead thistle, otherwise.
a. Applied (definitely) to other prickly plants, as artichoke, sea-holly (Eryngium), teasel, etc.
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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. cxxvii Paliurus is a þistel moste rowȝe & scharp with prikkes and growiþ..wiþ certeyne hedes ful of certeyne prickes.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 570/41 Cardo, a thystell, or a tesell.
1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Scolymus, a thystell nowe called Arkechoke, of some men is taken for the..cowethystell.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 63 A Thistell is the Hartichoch, that euery where dooth growe.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lviii. 519 The first kinde of these Thistels is called..in Latine Eryngium:..in Englishe,..Sea Holly.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lx. 522 Of the Teasel... This kinde of Thistel is called..in Englishe, Fullers Teasel, Carde Thistell.
b. = teasel n. 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on > teazle
teasel1377
teasel-head1742
teasel-bur1821
thistle1839
teasel-top1902
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1322 The large side [of the frame], against which the tops of the teasels rest, is hollowed out... There are..cross-bars, which serve..to form short compartments for keeping the thistles compact.
Compounds
C1. With qualifying words, applied to various species of Carduus and allied genera, and to some prickly plants of other orders. See also Argentine Thistle at argentine n.1 3, Barnaby-thistle n., blessed thistle n. at blessed adj. 4b, boar-thistle n. at boar n. Compounds 2, bur-thistle n. at bur n. Compounds 2, Canada thistle n. at Canada n.1 12, card thistle n. at card n.1 Compounds 2, carline n.2 thistle, cotton-thistle n., distaff thistle n. at distaff n. Compounds 2, friar's thistle n., fuller's thistle n., globe thistle n. at globe n. Compounds 2, golden thistle n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 4a, gum-thistle n. at gum n.2 Compounds 2b, hare's thistle n., hedgehog thistle n. at hedgehog n. Compounds 3, horse-thistle n. at horse n. Compounds 2c, lady's thistle n., Saint Mary thistle n. at St Mary n. Compounds, melancholy thistle n. at melancholy adj. and n.2 Compounds 2, melon thistle n. at melon n.1 Compounds 2, milk thistle n., musk thistle n., oat thistle n. at oat n. Compounds 2, pine thistle n. at pine n.2 Compounds 2a, plume thistle n. at plume n. Compounds 2, saffron-thistle n. at saffron n. and adj. Compounds 1c, sea-thistle n., sow-thistle n., spear- thistle n. at spear n.1 Compounds 3b, starthistle n., swine thistle n., thowthistle n., torch-thistle n., way thistle n. at way n.1 and int.1 Compounds 4, wolf's-thistle n.
bull thistle n. a local name (in Ireland and U.S.) for Carduus lanceolatus.
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thistlec725
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wolf's-thistlea1400
cardoona1425
wolf-thistle1526
cotton-thistle1548
gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
black chameleon1551
ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Bull Thistle, Carduus lanceolatus. Irel. (Belfast).
Californian thistle n. New Zealand Carduus arvensis ( Cirsium arvense), a troublesome weed with creeping rootstocks.
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thistlec725
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oat thistle1548
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ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxii. 310 One of the most recent importations..is that of the ‘Canadian’ or ‘Californian’ thistle.
1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams i. ii. 10 It's been awful with Californian thistle up there.
corn-thistle n. = Californian thistle n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > corn thistle
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1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Corn Thistle, Carduus arvensis.
creeping thistle n. = Californian thistle n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > corn thistle
sharp thistlec1050
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cursed thistle1884
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Cirsium arvense, Canada Thistle, Creeping Thistle, ‘Cursed Thistle’, of N. America.
cursed thistle n. = Californian thistle n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > corn thistle
sharp thistlec1050
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cursed thistle1884
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Cirsium arvense, Canada Thistle, Creeping Thistle, ‘Cursed Thistle’, of N. America.
dog thistle n. ‘apparently Carduus arvensis’ (Britten & Holland).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles
thistlec725
carduea1398
wolf's-thistlea1400
cardoona1425
wolf-thistle1526
cotton-thistle1548
gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
black chameleon1551
ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1845 Gardeners' Chron. 20 Dec. 864/1 Will any of your correspondents inform me the most effectual way to eradicate the Dog Thistle?
dwarf thistle n. Carduus (Cnicus) acaulis.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles
thistlec725
carduea1398
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cardoona1425
wolf-thistle1526
cotton-thistle1548
gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
black chameleon1551
ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1846 C. Johnson Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (ed. 2) Dwarf Thistle, Carduus acaulis.
gentle thistle n. Carduus anglicus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles
thistlec725
carduea1398
wolf's-thistlea1400
cardoona1425
wolf-thistle1526
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gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
black chameleon1551
ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 329 Gentle Thistle.
green thistle n. see fish n.1 Compounds 2b), Chamæpeuce (Cirsium) Casabonæ.
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thistlec725
carduea1398
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cardoona1425
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gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
black chameleon1551
ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1882 Garden 3 June 391/3 A large oval~shaped bed of Ricinus Gibsoni..edged with Chamæpeuce Casabonæ or Green Thistle.
herringbone thistle n. (also fish-bone thistle) = green thistle n.
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thistlec725
carduea1398
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cardoona1425
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gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
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ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Chamæpeuce Casabonæ, Fish-bone or Herring-bone Thistle.
holy thistle n. (a) Centaurea benedicta ( Cnicus benedictus), with yellow flowers and weak prickles on the leaves, formerly in repute as an antidote; also called blessed thistle; (b) sometimes applied to Carduus Marianus, with white veins on the leaves; also called Our Lady's thistle or milk thistle.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > blessed thistle
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1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell: Horses (1627) 190 Take the soft downe of the stalks of the hearb Cardus Benedictus, called the holy-thistle, and therewith fill the wounds.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iv. 75 Get you some of this distill'd carduus benedictus,..it is the onely thing for a qualme... I meant plaine holy thissel.
1793 A. B[isani] Pict. Tour Europe, etc. 52 Sciato... The hills..are covered with holy thistle, centaury, thyme, sage, and calamint.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 222 The Holy Thistle (Carduus Marianus) is well marked by the white veins on its large shiny leaves.
1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds II. 42 Here was holy thistle, which of old its admirers called Benedictus for its supposed astonishing virtues.
hundred-headed thistle n. (also hundred thistle) Eryngium campestre (N.O. Umbelliferæ).
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eryngium1578
hundred-headed thistle1578
rattlesnake weed1651
Daneweed1737
fever-weed1759
friar's goose1861
spirit weed1926
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lviii. 519 The other kinde is called..the Hundred headed Thistel... This without doubt is a kinde of Eringium.
1880 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Hundred Thistle, Eryngium campestre.
Jersey thistle n. Centaurea Isnardi ( C. aspera).
Mexican thistle n. a prickly composite plant, Erythrolæna conspicua, cultivated in gardens, having yellow florets surrounded with scarlet involucral scales.
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thistlec725
carduea1398
wolf's-thistlea1400
cardoona1425
wolf-thistle1526
cotton-thistle1548
gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
black chameleon1551
ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 468 E[rythrolæna] conspicua..was introduced to English gardens about 1838, and is commonly known as the Scarlet Mexican Thistle.
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Russian thistle n. U.S. a species of saltwort, Salsola Tragus, with prickly stems, introduced from Russia into South Dakota with flax-seed, and now abundant as a weed in that and neighbouring States.
silver thistle n. a name for the cotton-thistle.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lxiv. 526 In Latine Acanthium;..in Englishe White Cotton Thistell, Wilde white Thistell, and Argentine, or Siluer Thistel.
smooth thistle n. a name for sow-thistle n. (Sonchus).
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milkweed1736
tare-thistle1753
cow-thistle1832
puha1843
rauriki1848
1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 292 The stalke of Hares Lettuce or smooth-Thistle.
Syrian thistle n. Notobasis Syriaca.
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thistlec725
carduea1398
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wolf-thistle1526
cotton-thistle1548
gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
black chameleon1551
ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 794 The Syrian Thistle, N[otobasis] syriaca,..is distinguished from other thistles by the central florets of the flower-head only being fertile.
welted thistle n. Carduus acanthoides.
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thistlec725
carduea1398
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cardoona1425
wolf-thistle1526
cotton-thistle1548
gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
black chameleon1551
ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1846 C. Johnson Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (ed. 2) Welted Thistle, Carduus crispus.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Thistle, Welted, Carduus acanthoides.
woolly-headed thistle n. C. eriophorus.
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thistlec725
carduea1398
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cardoona1425
wolf-thistle1526
cotton-thistle1548
gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
black chameleon1551
ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1843 C. C. Babington Man. Brit. Bot. 172 C[arduus] eriophorus... Heads very large; involucre covered with a dense white web... Woolly-headed Thistle.
woolly thistle n. the cotton-thistle.
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thistlec725
carduea1398
wolf's-thistlea1400
cardoona1425
wolf-thistle1526
cotton-thistle1548
gum-thistle1548
oat thistle1548
black chameleon1551
ixia1551
Saint Mary thistle1552
milk thistle1562
cow-thistle1565
bedeguar1578
carline1578
silver thistle1578
white chameleon1578
globe thistle1582
ball thistle1597
down thistle1597
friar's crown1597
lady's thistle1597
gummy thistle1598
man's blood1601
musk thistle1633
melancholy thistle1653
Scotch thistle1660
boar-thistle1714
spear- thistle1753
gentle thistle1760
woolly thistle1760
wool-thistle1769
bur-thistlea1796
Canada thistle1796
pine thistle1807
plume thistle1814
melancholy plume thistle1825
woolly-headed thistle1843
dog thistle1845
dwarf thistle1846
welted thistle1846
pixie glove1858
Mexican thistle1866
Syrian thistle1866
bull thistle1878
fish belly1878
fish-bone-thistle1882
green thistle1882
herringbone thistle1884
Californian thistle1891
winged thistle1915
fish-thistles-
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 329 Thistle, Woolly, Onopordon.
yellow thistle n. (a) a species of thistle with pale-yellow or purple flowers ( Cnicus horridulus), found in the eastern U.S.; (b) a name for the prickly poppy ( Argemone mexicana): see poppy n. 1b.
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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] > poppy and allied flowers > allied flowers
poppyOE
horned poppy1548
yellow poppy1548
sea poppy1562
garden poppy1577
wind-rose1597
prickly poppy1648
squatmore1691
oriental poppy1731
Welsh poppy1731
infernal fig1760
Mexican poppy1811
Meconopsis1836
redcap1846
horn-poppy1851
squirrel-corn1856
eschscholtzia1857
dielytra1864
Dicentra1866
yellow thistle1866
turkey-corn1884
Shirley poppy1886
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1145 Thistle.., Yellow, Argemone mexicana.
C2.
a. General attributive.
(a)
thistle-clock n. [clock n.1 9]
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles > flower-head or down
thistle-top1552
thistledown1561
thistle-seed1782
thistle-beard1797
thistle-head1839
thistle-tufta1847
thistle-ball1855
thistle-crown1878
thistle-clock1948
1948 C. Day Lewis Poems 1943–7 63 Thistle-clocks fly.
thistle-flower n.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thystle floure, scholymos.
1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 107 No Thistle flowers as yet.
(b)
thistle-topped adj.
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1903 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 10/1 Carved thistles ornament his dining-room chairs; and a thistle-topped railing lends novelty to the front of the house.
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thistle-ball n. the globular head of feathery seeds of the thistle.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles > flower-head or down
thistle-top1552
thistledown1561
thistle-seed1782
thistle-beard1797
thistle-head1839
thistle-tufta1847
thistle-ball1855
thistle-crown1878
thistle-clock1948
1855 Browning Two in Campagna xi Must I go Still like the thistle-ball..Onward, whenever light winds blow?
thistle-beard n. = thistledown n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles > flower-head or down
thistle-top1552
thistledown1561
thistle-seed1782
thistle-beard1797
thistle-head1839
thistle-tufta1847
thistle-ball1855
thistle-crown1878
thistle-clock1948
1797 S. T. Coleridge Foster-mother's Tale 20 A baby wrapt in mosses, lined With thistle-beards.
thistle-bird n. a bird that feeds on thistle-seeds (cf. thistle-finch n.); spec. the American goldfinch, Chrysomitris (Spinus) tristis.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun]
fincha700
spinkc1425
thistle-finch1589
thistlewarp1598
grosbeak1678
fringillide1853
thistle-bird1872
thistle-feeder1904
spinkie1911
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carduelis > carduelis carduelis (goldfinch)
goldfincheOE
goldspinka1522
carduel?1530
thistle-finch1589
thistlewarp1598
fool's coata1682
grey pate1728
tailor-warbler1783
redcap1785
sheriff's man1796
goldie?1800
King Harry1824
sweet-william1848
tailor1848
thistle-bird1872
thistle-feeder1904
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 131 American Goldfinch. Yellowbird. Thistlebird.
1893 Scribner's Mag. June 763/1 The goldfinch or wild canary is seen, perched on a thistle-top... ‘Thistle bird’ is another name that he bears, on account of his fondness for thistle-seeds as food, and thistle-down for the lining of his nest.
thistle-butterfly n. the ‘painted lady’, Vanessa (Pyrameis) cardui, whose larva feeds on the thistle.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Vanessa > vanessa cardui (painted lady)
painted lady1699
thistle-butterfly1836
1836 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Mankind (ed. 3) I. 58 The thistle-butterfly, termed ‘La Belle Dame’.
thistle-cock n. dialect the corn bunting, Emberiza miliaria; (see also throstle-cock n.).
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Emberiza > emberiza calandra (corn bunting)
bunting lark1802
thistle-cock1866
1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 127 Thistle-cock, common bunting (Emberiza miliaria).
thistle-cropper n. = thistle-eater n. (b).
thistle-crown n. (a) a name for a Scottish gold coin of James VI, bearing the figure of a thistle on the reverse, and worth about 4 shillings; cf. thistle noble n.; (b) the flower-head of the thistle.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Scottish coins > [noun] > gold coins
rider1367
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demy1440
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liona1572
lion noble1586
thistle noble1590
hat piece1598
bonnet piece1684
thistle-crown1726
lozenge lion1890
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles > flower-head or down
thistle-top1552
thistledown1561
thistle-seed1782
thistle-beard1797
thistle-head1839
thistle-tufta1847
thistle-ball1855
thistle-crown1878
thistle-clock1948
1726 S. M. Leake Nummi Britannici Historia 83 Thistle Crowns..4s. 4¾d.
1878 M. A. Brown tr. J. L. Runeberg Nadeschda 20 Plucked a thistle-crown and fastened it As a breast-knot.
1899 Daily News 12 July 8/3 To watch the goldfinch clinging to the silken thistle-crown.
thistle cup n. a silver cup with an outward-turning rim, of a type formerly manufactured in Scotland.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > other specific shapes
gripe's egg1391
gripe-shell15..
Priapus1613
man with the beard1631
delphin1638
belly-cup1673
spout cup1702
leaf cup1716
image mug1788
rhyton1820
toby1841
Sussex pig1846
bell-cupa1849
biberon1853
moustache cup1863
trembleuse cup1869
steeple-cup1909
thistle cup1947
1947 W. C. Wallis Silver, Glass & Pottery 4 Another type of vessel, unique in Scotland, which made its appearance during the last twenty years of the seventeenth century, is the little mug known, from its supposed resemblance to a thistle, as a ‘thistle’ cup.
1968 Canad. Antiques Collector July 17/1 Late in the seventeenth century appear two forms of secular silver unique to Scotland. One is a drinking cup of a type often called a ‘thistle’ cup, though it has little resemblance to a thistle.
thistle-cutter n. a machine for cutting down thistles or other weeds.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > weeding tools
weed hookeOE
weeding hook1378
weedera1425
brier-crook1483
tongs?1523
weeding knife1598
broom-hook1660
weeder knifea1796
shovel-plough1801
extirpator1807
shovel-cultivator1869
thistle-digger1877
thistle-spud1896
thistle-cutter1901
flamethrower1915
flame gun1931
weed cutter2000
1901 Dundee Advertiser 30 June 3 A capital display of the thistle cutter's powers on a rank growth of bracken.., the rapidly whirling knives..made short..work of the bracken.
thistle-digger n. a tool for rooting up thistles.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > weeding tools
weed hookeOE
weeding hook1378
weedera1425
brier-crook1483
tongs?1523
weeding knife1598
broom-hook1660
weeder knifea1796
shovel-plough1801
extirpator1807
shovel-cultivator1869
thistle-digger1877
thistle-spud1896
thistle-cutter1901
flamethrower1915
flame gun1931
weed cutter2000
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. at Spade The thistle-digger is a pronged tool, intended to catch the root below the crown, and then pry out of the plant.
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thistle dollar n. (a) a name for a Scottish silver coin of James VI, also called double merk, bearing the figure of a thistle on the reverse, and worth 26s. 8d. Scots (2s. 2⅔d. English); (b) a silver coin of the reign of Charles II.
thistle-eater n. (a) a bird that eats thistle-seeds (cf. thistle-finch n.); (b) a beast that eats thistles, as a donkey.
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the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > that eats specific things
worm-fowlc1381
seed fowlc1500
thistle-eater1562
chipper1668
honeyeater1688
wheat-bird1747
falcon-fisher1759
worm-eater1760
bone-breaker1787
seed eater1820
carrion-bird1839
seed feeder1853
fish-tiger1879
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 145v Aristotel..wryteth..: τὰ δὲ τοία ἀκανθοϕάγα... That is to saye, these are spiniuora, that is thistel eaters... Aristotell sayeth that Linetes and Goldfinches, and Grenefinches, are acanthophage.
thistle-feeder n. = thistle-eater n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun]
fincha700
spinkc1425
thistle-finch1589
thistlewarp1598
grosbeak1678
fringillide1853
thistle-bird1872
thistle-feeder1904
spinkie1911
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carduelis > carduelis carduelis (goldfinch)
goldfincheOE
goldspinka1522
carduel?1530
thistle-finch1589
thistlewarp1598
fool's coata1682
grey pate1728
tailor-warbler1783
redcap1785
sheriff's man1796
goldie?1800
King Harry1824
sweet-william1848
tailor1848
thistle-bird1872
thistle-feeder1904
1904 Daily News 20 June 5 I did not see either the bullfinch or the goldfinch,..either the detested bud-plucker or the pretty thistle-feeder.
thistle-feeding adj.
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the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [adjective] > that eats specific things
vermivorous1704
thistle-feeding1906
1906 Outlook 24 Mar. 404/2 In Hertfordshire, a county notable for the high-farming that was supposed to have exiled the thistle-feeding birds, goldfinches were singing about their nests.
thistle-fly n. (also thistle-gall fly) an insect ( Urophora cardui) infesting a species of thistle.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Tephritidae > urophora cardui
thistle-fly1753
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Thistle Fly, a small fly produced from a flyworm, hatching in the protuberances of the carduus hæmorrhoidalis.
thistle funnel n. a kind of funnel used in chemical operations, having a large bulb between the conical flaring part and the tube, so as to suggest the form of a thistle-head upon its stalk.
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the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > miscellaneous apparatus
bain1477
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sun furnace1763
respirator1789
candle-ball1794
rectifier1822
candle-bomb1823
filter1823
oxyhydrogen blowpipe1823
shade1837
graduator1839
pipette1839
thistle funnel1849
pressure tube1852
ozonizer1858
dialyser1861
Liebig condenser1861
Sprengel pump1866
Sprengel tube1866
water softener1867
mercury pump1869
Bunsen burner1870
dialysator1877
test-mixer1877
tube-condenser1877
Kipp1879
reflux condenser1880
policeman1888
converter1889
pressure boiler1891
spot plate1896
hydrogen electrode1898
sampler1902
reactor1903
fume-chamber1905
Permutit1910
microburner1911
salt bridge1915
precipitator1919
Raschig ring1920
microneedle1921
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spray tower1937
precipitron1938
ion exchanger1941
potentiostat1942
chemostat1950
Knudsen pipette1951
pH-stat1956
cryopump1958
1849 D. Campbell Pract. Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. 17 Sometimes a small funnel (called a thistle funnel) passes through the cork, and reaches nearly to the bottom of the bottle.
thistle-gall n. a gall produced by the thistle-fly n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles > gall on
thistle-gall1753
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Thistle-Galls, a name given..to the protuberances on the stalks of a species of Thistle, called..carduus hæmorrhoidalis, from these tubercles, which are supposed to resemble those of the hæmorrhoidal veins.
1864–5 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands (1868) xxvi. 505 The Thistle-gall Fly (Urophora Cardui)..produces large and hard woody galls upon the thistle.
thistle glass n. a drinking glass with a round bowl and an outward-turning rim.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass
glassc888
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Venice glass1527
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bottle glass1626
Malaga glassa1627
flute1649
flute-glass1668
long glass1680
mum-glass1684
toasting glass1703
wine glass1709
tulip-glass1755
tun-glass1755
water glass1779
tumbler-glass1795
Madeira glass1801
tumbling glass1803
noggin glass1805
champagne glass1815
table glass1815
balloon glass1819
copita1841
firing glass1842
nobbler1842
thimble glass1843
wine1848
liqueur-glass1850
straw-stem1853
pokal1854
goblet1856
mousseline1862
pony glass1862
long-sleever1872
cocktail glass1873
champagne flute1882
yard-glass1882
sleever1896
tea-glass1898
liqueur1907
dock-glass1911
toast-master glass1916
Waterford1916
stem-glass1922
Pilsner glass1923
Amen glass1924
ballon1930
balloon goblet1931
thistle glass1935
snifter1937
balloon1951
shot-glass1955
handle1956
tulip1961
schooner1967
champagne fountain1973
1935 N. Mitchison We have been Warned ii. 138 Alex..got a bottle of hock and poured it out into thistle glasses.
1973 Times 20 Oct. 14/3 The ‘thistle’ glass, with its outward-angled rim.
thistle-head n. the flower-head or capitulum of the thistle (in quot. 1839, that of the teasel = 2b above).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles > flower-head or down
thistle-top1552
thistledown1561
thistle-seed1782
thistle-beard1797
thistle-head1839
thistle-tufta1847
thistle-ball1855
thistle-crown1878
thistle-clock1948
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1322 16 frames bearing the teasels which are to act upon the cloth,..their breadth only large enough to contain two thistle-heads set end to end.
1896 Spectator 31 Oct. 588/2 He [a bee] returned to the inviting thistle-head.
thistle-like adj. resembling a thistle; also, of the thistle kind, of the suborder Cynarocephalæ of Compositæ, comprising the thistles and allied plants.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [adjective] > of or having thistles
thistly1710
thistled1745
thistle-like1857
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 320 The Cynareæ, or thistle-like Compositæ.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 225 Carlina, a genus..distinguished among the thistle-like group of compound flowers by having the inner leaves of the..involucre coloured.
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thistle merk n. [mark n.2] collectors' name for a Scottish silver coin of James VI, bearing the figure of a thistle on the reverse, and worth 13s. 4d. Scots (13⅓d. English).
thistle noble n. a Scottish gold half-merk of James VI, bearing the figure of a thistle on the reverse.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > Scottish coins > [noun] > gold coins
rider1367
rial1420
demy1440
lew1467
unicorn1487
liona1572
lion noble1586
thistle noble1590
hat piece1598
bonnet piece1684
thistle-crown1726
lozenge lion1890
1590–1 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. IV. 574 [200 oz. weight of] utter fyne gold [shall be coined] in the thrissill noblis.
1603 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1884) 1st Ser. VI. 529 Thrissill noblis of gold.
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thistle-plume n. [plume n. 4c] U.S. ‘a plume-moth, Pterophorus carduidactylus, whose larva feeds on thistle-heads’ ( Cent. Dict.).
thistle-saffron n. the safflower = saffron-thistle n. at saffron n. and adj. Compounds 1c.
thistle-seed n. the feathery or pappose ‘seed’ or achene of the thistle.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles > flower-head or down
thistle-top1552
thistledown1561
thistle-seed1782
thistle-beard1797
thistle-head1839
thistle-tufta1847
thistle-ball1855
thistle-crown1878
thistle-clock1948
1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 555 They..Like thistle-seeds, are sown by every wind.
thistle-spud n. = thistle-digger n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > weeding tools
weed hookeOE
weeding hook1378
weedera1425
brier-crook1483
tongs?1523
weeding knife1598
broom-hook1660
weeder knifea1796
shovel-plough1801
extirpator1807
shovel-cultivator1869
thistle-digger1877
thistle-spud1896
thistle-cutter1901
flamethrower1915
flame gun1931
weed cutter2000
1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 105 Why should Mr. Ince lag behind with the dogs, and his thistle-spud?
thistle-stamped adj. stamped with the figure of a thistle.
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society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [adjective] > with a stamp or device > specific
thistle-stamped1882
1882 J. Walker Descr. Jaunt to Auld Reekie 41 Thistle-stampit auld Scotch bodles.
thistle-teasel n. = teasel n. 2.
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1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 202 Preparing thistle-teasels for the workman.
thistle-top n. (a) = thistledown n.; (b) = thistle-head n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles > flower-head or down
thistle-top1552
thistledown1561
thistle-seed1782
thistle-beard1797
thistle-head1839
thistle-tufta1847
thistle-ball1855
thistle-crown1878
thistle-clock1948
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thystle toppe, whyche is lyke plume, pappus.
1606 C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander vi. 277 Neptune for pity..Flung them into the air, and did awake them Like two sweet birds, surnamed th' Acanthides, Which we call Thistle-warps, that..feed on thistle-tops.
1893 Scribner's Mag. June 763/1 The goldfinch or wild canary is seen, perched on a thistle-top... ‘Thistle bird’ is another name that he bears, on account of his fondness for thistle-seeds as food, and thistle-down for the lining of his nest.
thistle-tube n. = thistle funnel n.
thistle-tuft n. = thistledown n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles > flower-head or down
thistle-top1552
thistledown1561
thistle-seed1782
thistle-beard1797
thistle-head1839
thistle-tufta1847
thistle-ball1855
thistle-crown1878
thistle-clock1948
a1847 E. Cook Song of Wind iii I grasped an airy thistle-tuft.
thistle-whipper n. Hunting slang a nickname for a hare-hunter.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > of hares
hare-finder1600
thistle-whipper1801
1801 Sporting Mag. 19 114 This North-Country Thistle Whipper.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 2) §1 A brace of hares, or a single fox, will serve for the amusement of a large field of fox-hunters or thistle-whippers.
Derivatives
ˈthistle v. (transitive) to clear of thistles, to weed out the thistles from.
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1766 Compl. Farmer (at cited word) In France, a farmer may sue his neighbour who neglects to thistle his land at the proper seasons.
ˈthistling n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land > weeding or weed control
weedingOE
louking1491
weeding out1558
averruncation1656
runcation1664
thistling1766
weeding process1834
weed control1908
weed digging1950
1766 Compl. Farmer Thistling, the action of cutting or pulling up thistles.
thistled adj. /ˈθɪs(ə)ld/ covered or overgrown with thistles; adorned with figures of thistles.
/ˈθɪs(ə)ld/ covered or overgrown with thistles; adorned with figures of thistles.ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [adjective] > of or having thistles
thistly1710
thistled1745
thistle-like1857
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > flowers or fleurs-de-lis
flowered1592
well-flowered1597
liliated1643
flowery1667
thistled1745
lilied1796
rosed1823
fleured1841
fleur-de-lised1843
floriated1845
florulent1859
floriate1894
flower-printed1952
1745 in Motherwell Harp of Renfrewshire (1819) 319 The Thistled banners far were streaming.
1797 M. Robinson Walsingham I. 72 The upland mead, and thistled down.
1893 C. Rossetti Poems (1904) 123/2 Our thorned and thistled plot.
ˈthistlery n. /ˈθɪs(ə)lrɪ/ a plantation of thistles.
/ˈθɪs(ə)lrɪ/ a plantation of thistles.ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles > plantation of
thistlery1889
1889 M. E. Bamford Up & down Brooks 97 Do not his folk make such ‘thistleries’ in Paraguay that robbers can hide among them?
ˈthistlish adj. resembling or suggesting a thistle.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > having points like prickles or bristles
sharpc1000
prickling1567
prickly1577
prickled1578
thistly1605
pricklish1698
spicated1703
bristled1794
thistlish1858
stivery1892
burred1906
1858 J. L. Motley Let. 17 June in Corr. (1889) I. viii. 267 Like his tongue and his mind, it [his visage] is eminently Scotch, sharp, caustic, rugged, thistle-ish.
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