yarrown.

Brit.

/ˈjarəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈjɛroʊ/

Forms: Old English gear(e)we, Middle English ȝarwe, ȝarow(e, Middle English–1500s yarow, 1500s yarowe, yarrowe, 1500s– yarrow.

Etymology: Old English gearwe = Dutch gerw ( < *garwe), Old High German gar(a)wa (German garbe), of uncertain etymology.

1. The common name of the herb Achillea Millefolium (N.O. Compositæ), also called milfoil n. and nosebleed n., frequent on roadsides, dry meadows, and waste ground, with tough greyish stem, finely-divided bipinnate leaves, and close flat clusters of flower-heads of a somewhat dull white, often varying to pink or crimson; sometimes used medicinally as a tonic. Also extended to other species of Achillea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > yarrow

yarrowc725

millefoliumOE

milfoila1300

nosebleed?a1300

nose-bledels?a1425

nese-blood?c1450

carpenter's grass1526

stanch-blood1567

stanch-grass1768

c725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) M 204 Mirifillo, gearwe.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 354 Wyl on meolcum þa readan gearwan.

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 297/31 Millefolium, gearewe.

a1400–50 Stockholm Med. MS. 202 Millefoly or neseblod or ȝarwe.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 711/26 Hoc millefolium, ȝarow.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 536/2 Ȝarowe, myllefoyle, herbe for nese blederys.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 165 Full craftely coniurit scho the ȝarrow.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xvii. 32 b Mercurie founde the vse of Moly, Achilles Yarowe, Esculapius, Panace.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 142 Water Milfoyle or Yearrow.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 218 The Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore.

1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry Table Hard Wds. Yarrow, is an hearbe called the water-Violet, and growes in Lakes, or marrish grounds.

1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 91 I take yarrow to be an ill favoured Plant for Cheese where it prevails much in Land.

1866 C. E. L. Riddell Race for Wealth xxiii A lawn in which I have gathered yarrow.

2. Applied with defining words to plants of other genera. soldier's yarrow n. Stratiotes aloides. water yarrow n. a name for various water plants with finely divided leaves, as Ranunculus aquatilis, Hottonia palustris, and the genus Myriophyllum. (Cf. milfoil n. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > names applied to various aquatic plants

water yarrow1597

samphire1703

water plantain1756

marsh rosemary1777

star fruit1830

brakbush1844

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > feather-foil

water gillyflower1578

water violet1578

water yarrow1597

water milfoil1760

feather-foil1776

water feather1818

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 143 Knights Milfoyle: souldiers Yerrow.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 678 Water Milfoile, or water Yarrow, hath long and large leaues.

1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 348 Hottonia palustris. Water Violet. Water Yarrow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† yarrowadj.

Etymology: dialect variant argh adj. (Old English earg); compare Sussex yar (W. D. Cooper Sussex Gloss. 1853).

dialect. Obsolete.

(See quot. 1616.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective]

arghc885

heartlessOE

bloodlessc1225

coward1297

faintc1300

nesha1382

comfortless1387

pusillanimousa1425

faint-heartedc1440

unheartyc1440

cowardous1480

hen-hearteda1529

cowardish1530

feigningc1540

white-livered1546

cowardly1551

faceless1567

pusillanime1570

liver-hearted1571

cowish1579

cowardise1582

coward-like1587

faint-heart1590

courageless1593

sheep-like1596

white-hearted1598

milky1602

milk-livered1608

undaring1611

lily-livereda1616

yarrow1616

flightful1626

chicken-hearted1629

poltroon1649

cow-hearted1660

whey-blooded1675

unbravea1681

nimble-heeled1719

dunghill1775

shrimp-hearted1796

chicken-livered1804

white-feathered1816

pluckless1821

chicken-spirited1822

milk-blooded1822

cowardy1836

yellow1856

yellow-livered1857

putty-hearted1872

uncourageous1878

chicken1883

piker1901

yellow-bellied1907

manso1932

scaredy-cat1933

chickenshit1940

cold-footed1944

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Yarrow, fearefull, faint-hearted.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	yarrow
释义	yarrown. Brit. /ˈjarəʊ/, U.S. /ˈjɛroʊ/ Forms: Old English gear(e)we, Middle English ȝarwe, ȝarow(e, Middle English–1500s yarow, 1500s yarowe, yarrowe, 1500s– yarrow. Etymology: Old English gearwe = Dutch gerw ( < garwe), Old High German gar(a)wa* (German garbe), of uncertain etymology. 1. The common name of the herb Achillea Millefolium (N.O. Compositæ), also called milfoil n. and nosebleed n., frequent on roadsides, dry meadows, and waste ground, with tough greyish stem, finely-divided bipinnate leaves, and close flat clusters of flower-heads of a somewhat dull white, often varying to pink or crimson; sometimes used medicinally as a tonic. Also extended to other species of Achillea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > yarrow yarrowc725 millefoliumOE milfoila1300 nosebleed?a1300 nose-bledels?a1425 nese-blood?c1450 carpenter's grass1526 stanch-blood1567 stanch-grass1768 c725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) M 204 Mirifillo, gearwe. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 354 Wyl on meolcum þa readan gearwan. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 297/31 Millefolium, gearewe. a1400–50 Stockholm Med. MS. 202 Millefoly or neseblod or ȝarwe. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 711/26 Hoc millefolium, ȝarow. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 536/2 Ȝarowe, myllefoyle, herbe for nese blederys. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 165 Full craftely coniurit scho the ȝarrow. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xvii. 32 b Mercurie founde the vse of Moly, Achilles Yarowe, Esculapius, Panace. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 142 Water Milfoyle or Yearrow. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 218 The Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry Table Hard Wds. Yarrow, is an hearbe called the water-Violet, and growes in Lakes, or marrish grounds. 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 91 I take yarrow to be an ill favoured Plant for Cheese where it prevails much in Land. 1866 C. E. L. Riddell Race for Wealth xxiii A lawn in which I have gathered yarrow. 2. Applied with defining words to plants of other genera. soldier's yarrow n. Stratiotes aloides. water yarrow n. a name for various water plants with finely divided leaves, as Ranunculus aquatilis, Hottonia palustris, and the genus Myriophyllum. (Cf. milfoil n. 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > names applied to various aquatic plants water yarrow1597 samphire1703 water plantain1756 marsh rosemary1777 star fruit1830 brakbush1844 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > feather-foil water gillyflower1578 water violet1578 water yarrow1597 water milfoil1760 feather-foil1776 water feather1818 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. ci. 143 Knights Milfoyle: souldiers Yerrow. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 678 Water Milfoile, or water Yarrow, hath long and large leaues. 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 348 Hottonia palustris. Water Violet. Water Yarrow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † yarrowadj. Etymology: dialect variant argh adj. (Old English earg); compare Sussex yar (W. D. Cooper Sussex Gloss. 1853). dialect. Obsolete. (See quot. 1616.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] arghc885 heartlessOE bloodlessc1225 coward1297 faintc1300 nesha1382 comfortless1387 pusillanimousa1425 faint-heartedc1440 unheartyc1440 cowardous1480 hen-hearteda1529 cowardish1530 feigningc1540 white-livered1546 cowardly1551 faceless1567 pusillanime1570 liver-hearted1571 cowish1579 cowardise1582 coward-like1587 faint-heart1590 courageless1593 sheep-like1596 white-hearted1598 milky1602 milk-livered1608 undaring1611 lily-livereda1616 yarrow1616 flightful1626 chicken-hearted1629 poltroon1649 cow-hearted1660 whey-blooded1675 unbravea1681 nimble-heeled1719 dunghill1775 shrimp-hearted1796 chicken-livered1804 white-feathered1816 pluckless1821 chicken-spirited1822 milk-blooded1822 cowardy1836 yellow1856 yellow-livered1857 putty-hearted1872 uncourageous1878 chicken1883 piker1901 yellow-bellied1907 manso1932 scaredy-cat1933 chickenshit1940 cold-footed1944 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Yarrow, fearefull, faint-hearted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.c725adj.1616
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