† wowelln.
Obsolete. rare.
Coltsfoot.
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horse-hoof1398
foalfoota1400
wowellc1450
Tussilago1510
coltsfoot1552
bull-foot1562
colt's-hoof1565–73
colt-herb1587
coughwort1597
horse-foot1597
flap-dock1846
clay-weed1878
c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 140 Pes pulli, herba terrestris,..donnhoue uel wowell uel feldhoue.
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n.c1450- to come down on like a hundred of brick
- to come down on like a hundred of bricks
- to come down on like a thousand of brick
- to come down on like a thousand of bricks
- to come down on like a ton of bricks
- to come down the pike
- to come down to brass nails
- to come down to brass tacks
- to come down to cases
- to come down to tin tacks
- to come down upon a person like a ton of bricks
- to come down upon like a ton of bricks
- to come down with the money
- to come down with the money dust
- to come down with the money etc
- to come down with the money needful
- to come etc a pretty pass
- to come etc out of thin air
- to come etc place
- to come etc with flying colours
- to come evil to pass
- to come expensive
- to come fair
- to come fall a cropper
- to come fall under, within, beyond, out of the cognizance