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ˈall-ˌheal
[all- E 4.]
†1. A balsam or medicine that heals all wounds; a heal-all or panacea. Obs.
1630Drayton Muses Elys., Nymphal v. Wks. 1793, 621/2 This all-heal..New wounds so quickly healing. 1633G. Herbert Offering iv. in Temple 141 There is a balsome..which doth both cleanse and close all sorts of wounds..Seek out this All-heal.
2. A name applied to various plants, in consequence of virtues ascribed to them, as—
†a. The Mistletoe.
†b. An umbelliferous plant, Opoponax Chironium, native to the S. of Europe.
c. The Great Valerian (V. officinalis).
†d. The Milfoil or Yarrow.
e. A local name (‘in Cheshire and Yorkshire’ Britten and Holl.) of the plant also called Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris).
f. Clown's Allheal: A name given by Gerard to the Woundwort (Stachys palustris).
1597Gerard Herbal 850 Hercules Alheale or Woundwoort. Ibid. 851 Clownes Woundwoort or Alheale. 1598Florio, Achilea, the hearb Yarrow, All-heale, Nose-bleed, or Milfoile. 1601Holland Pliny (1634) I. 497 They call it [Mistletoe] in their language All-Heale, (for they haue an opinion of it, that it cureth all maladies whatsoeuer). 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Cancer, Take the Flowers and Stems of the Herb All-Heal (the Flowers are white and very small). |