whortlen.
/ˈhwəːt(ə)l/ = whortleberry n.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1229 Vaccinia nigra, the blacke Whortle, or Hurtle, is a base and lowe tree, or woodie plant.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 131 The people vse to eat the Wortles in creame and milke.
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxiii. 219 Fen-berries..are of like temper and faculty with our whortles, but somewhat more astringent.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 371 Great Bilberry Bush or Whortle.
1811 P. B. Shelley St. Irvyne ix. 181 I see her swift foot dash the dew from the whortle.
1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 190 The..bog-whortle.., whose white flowers, pink-tipped, stuff the ptarmigan's crop.
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