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ˈherbalize, v. arch. [f. as prec. + -ize.] intr. To collect (medicinal) herbs. Hence ˈherbalizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1695Sibbald Autobiog. (1834) 131, I went and herbalized in the downes and woods with the gardner of the medicine garden. 1767Chron. in Ann. Reg. 89/1 At the herbalizing feast of the company of apothecaries Mr. Latham recommended the Lamium Album or white nettle to the notice of his brethren. 1769Lloyd's Evening Post 12-14 July 45 Yesterday the Apothecaries Company held their Herbalizing feast, at the Assembly-house on Blackheath. 1801C. Smith Solit. Wand. II. 93 Of the fruits of her herbalizing. 1835Gentl. Mag. July 3 The Briseis of the tent, with her handmaids, was sent to herbalize on the banks of the river for some fresh and cooling diaphoretic. |