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ˈmouse-pea Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 1 músepise, 4 muspese, mous pese, 5 mousepese, 6 mowsepease, 9 dial. moose's, mouse's peas, 9– mouse-pea.
The Heath-pea (Lathyrus macrorrhizus); also the Meadow Vetchling (L. pratensis).
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 148/35 Uicia, musepise. a1387Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 32/2 Orobus sive orobum est pisa agrestis, s. muspese. Ibid. 43/1 Vesces, i. fecches vel mous pese, orobus idem. a1400–50Stockh. Med. MS. in Archæologia XXX. 410/2 Monsope [read mousepe]: erobus. c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 131/1 Orobus,..anglice thare uel mousepese. 1597Gerarde Herbal App., Mowsepease is Orobus. 1665Lovell Herbal (ed. 2) 292 Mouse-pease, see Bitter-vetch. 1894Northumbld. Gloss., Moose's peas, mouse's peas, the tufted vetch, Vicia cracca. |