单词 | tormentil |
释义 | tormentiln. a. A low-growing herb, Potentilla tormentilla ( Tormentilla repens), N.O. Rosaceæ, of trailing habit, common on heaths and dry pastures, bearing small four-petalled yellow flowers, and having strongly astringent roots; in use from early times in medicine, and in tanning. Also called septfoil. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > tormentil plant or root septfoilOE seven-leafOE nutheada1300 tormentila1400 tormentine14.. turmeric1538 seven-leaves1640 tormentil-root1712 bloodroot1811 ewe-daisy1853 flesh and blood1853 shepherd's knot1884 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [noun] > other analgesics > plant-derived tormentila1400 laudanumc1602 paregoric1671 tormentil-root1712 paregoric elixir1746 loddy1811 morphia1817 morphine1817 morphium1817 veratria1821 veratrine1822 veratrin1830 veratroidea1874 diacetylmorphine1875 tonga1880 diamorphine1914 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > leather-making materials > [noun] > tannin > tanning solutions > herb used in tormentil1698 a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 42/1 Tormentilla pilos, pentafilon non habet ullos.] a1400–50 Stockh. Med. MS 6 Water of turmentill. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 284/1 Turmentyll an herbe, tourmentine. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lvii. 83 Tormentill is much like vnto Sinckefoyle. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlii. 265 Called tormentill because the powder or decoction of the roote doth appease the rage and torment of the teeth. ?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse ii. sig. D1v This Tormentill [printed Formentill], whose vertue is to part All deadly killing poyson from the heart. 1698 M. Martin Late Voy. St. Kilda 109 Their Leather is dress'd with the Roots of Tormentil. 1906 Daily Chron. 4 May 6/7 Tormentil and potentil, names fulfilled of pleasure, Set the world in tune again with the May Day measure. b. attributive, as tormentil-root. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > tormentil plant or root septfoilOE seven-leafOE nutheada1300 tormentila1400 tormentine14.. turmeric1538 seven-leaves1640 tormentil-root1712 bloodroot1811 ewe-daisy1853 flesh and blood1853 shepherd's knot1884 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [noun] > other analgesics > plant-derived tormentila1400 laudanumc1602 paregoric1671 tormentil-root1712 paregoric elixir1746 loddy1811 morphia1817 morphine1817 morphium1817 veratria1821 veratrine1822 veratrin1830 veratroidea1874 diacetylmorphine1875 tonga1880 diamorphine1914 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 43 The best Tormentil Roots come from grassy, wet Places about the Alps and Pyrenees. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 392 Tormentil root is a powerful astringent. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > tormentil plant or root septfoilOE seven-leafOE nutheada1300 tormentila1400 tormentine14.. turmeric1538 seven-leaves1640 tormentil-root1712 bloodroot1811 ewe-daisy1853 flesh and blood1853 shepherd's knot1884 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 713/6 Hec tormentilla, tormentyne [cf. 1530 Palsgr. above]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1400 |
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