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ˈrest-harrow
[f. rest n.3 or v.3 + harrow: cf. med.L. resta bovis, OF. reste beof.]
A field-shrub (Ononis arvensis), with tough roots, also called cammock.
c1550Lloyd Treas. Health O iij, Take of Plantayne, Starewort, Scabiouse and of the rote of restharrowe. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 35 b, In some place for hindring and staying the Husbandman it is called Rest harrow. 1600Surflet Countrie Farme v. v. 667 The couchgrasse, and that which is called rest-harrow, make shew to be more standing tenants. a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts (1683) 88 Bindweed, Restharrow and other vitia segetum. 1728Gardiner tr. Rapin's Gardens i. (ed. 3) 41 Restharrow, whose tough Root obstructs the Plough. 1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxv. (1794) 352 Restharrows are lowly shrubs, or rather undershrubs, with purple flowers. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 944 On light soils, the rest-harrow..is a great pest. 1880Jefferies Gt. Estate 131 Some bushy plants of the rest-harrow, whose prickly branches repel cattle. |