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† warence Obs.
[a. OF. warance (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.; also 13th c. in Wr.-Wülcker 556/19, 15th c. in Alphita 155) = mod.F. garance madder.]
= madder n.1
1525Grete Herbal ccclxvii. (1529) U iv, Rubea the more..is the herbe that warence or madder is made of. Ibid. ccccxvii. Z j b, Spargula..is lyke to warence in leues. 1597Gerarde Herbal Suppl., Warence is Madder. 1665Lovell Herball (ed. 2) 464 Warence, see Madder. |