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† ˈolorine Obs. rare.
[ad. L. olōrīna ‘of swans’, in herba olorina swans' grass.]
A grass or ‘herb’ eaten with avidity by swans; swans'-grass.
The grass of Loch Spiney, referred to by Boece (see olour) and Leslie, is app. Glyceria fluitans, called locally ‘Swan girss’ (Rampini County Hist. Elgin 58) and ‘Pike girss’.
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 45 Moray hes a freshe water loch called Spynie, that mekle abundes in Swanis, in quhilke loch is a certaine herb verie rare and sindle to be found, in quhilke because the Swan hes sa gret delyte, we cal the herbe olorine (because the swan in latin is olor) [tr. Leslie De Orig. (etc.) Scot. (1578) 28 Herba quædam rara..qua quòd olores impensè delectantur, Olorinam eam dicimus]. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 150 The plant olorina which grows in its waters. |