单词 | bruisewort |
释义 | bruisewortn. Now historical. Originally: either of two plants, comfrey, Symphytum officinale, and the common daisy, Bellis perennis. In later use also: soapwort, Saponaria officinalis (now rare).Both comfrey and the common daisy have been used in the treatment of wounds and bruises and of diseases of the lungs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts boneworteOE springworteOE atterlothec1000 halswortc1000 bruisewortOE motherworta1200 panax?a1200 bloodworta1300 serpentinea1400 tutsana1400 wartworta1400 wormseeda1400 grace of God?c1400 nailworta1425 Gratia Dei?c1425 sanguinaryc1440 panacea1522 parthenium1548 woundwort1548 wart-weed1573 cardiaca1578 hermodactyl1578 panacea1590 holy seed1597 whitlow-grass1597 feverwort1611 fever and ague root1676 rattlesnake root1682 snake-root1712 cancer root1714 fever-root1739 strongback1739 rheumatism root1835 heal-all1853 wound-weed1857 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > daisy daisyc1000 bruisewortOE primerolea1350 Margaretc1425 gowan1570 primrose1579 marguerite1605 bruise root1698 dog daisy1821 ewe-flower1825 marguerite1847 OE Recipe (Vitell. C.iii) in T. O. Cockayne Leechdoms, Wortcunning, & Starcraft (1864) I. 374 Wið lungenadle, genim hwite harehunan & ysopo & rudan & galluc & brysewyrt & brunwyrt. ?a1300 in S. G. Hamilton Catal. MSS Worcester Cathedral (1906) 183 La grant consoude,..brusewort. c1300 in D. A. Trotter Multilingualism in Later Medieval Brit. (2000) 146 Recipe askeban, ysop, briswort, confory. ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 148 (MED) Þe lesse dayeseye or bryswort [a1500 Harl. brusewort] or bonwourtis..is good to breke boches. a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 184 Brese-wort..is good for ache. 1526 Grete Herball cxxxvi. sig. H.viv/1 De consolida minori. Dyasy or brusewort. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 512 The Daisie is called..in English Daisies and Bruise woort. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Marguerite des prez, th' ordinarie, little, white and wild Daisie, called (otherwise) Bruisewort. 1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole 352 The ordinary Sopeworte or Bruiseworte with single flowers is often planted in Gardens. 1735 J. K'Eogh Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica 113 Sopewort or Bruisewort, Lat. Saponaria. It grows in Gardens, moist Places, and near Rivers flowering in June. 1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 91 The good neighbour who came to bathe his wounds, or assuage his inward torments, brought with him such things as ‘all-heal, break-stone, bruise-wort, gout-weed, fever-few’ [etc.]. 1904 Encycl. Americana V. at Comfrey The roots are mucilaginous, and are supposed to have medicinal virtues as a cure for diarrhœa. It is known as blackwort, bruisewort, and boneset. 1988 R. Mabey et al. Compl. New Herbal 236 (table) The common garden daisy (Bellis perennis) is in the same family as arnica and an infusion of daisies can also be used as a compress for bruises (the old name for daisy was bruisewort). 1990 Weed Technol. 4 221/2 Reputed medicinal qualities, particularly for skin ailments, earned it [sc. Saponaria officinalis] the name bruisewort. 2006 Grow your Own July 23/2 Comfrey's folk names include knitbone, bruisewort and boneset, all of which stem from its ability to help heal broken bones, sprains and bruises if applied externally as a compress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE |
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