† cast-me-downn.
Obsolete.
= cassidony n.2 1 ( Lavandula stoechas).
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1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 470 Some simple people imitating the same name doe call it, Cast me downe.
1678 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius Cassidony, vulg. cast-me-down, or French lavender, Stœchas.
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