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borage|ˈbʌrɪdʒ|
Forms: 5– borage, 6 bourage, 7 bourrage, 6–8 burrage, 7–8 borrage, 8 burridge.
[from med.L. borrāgo, or one of the Romanic forms: cf. F. bourrache (also OF. bourrace), Pr. borrage, It. borraggine, borrace, Sp. borraja, Pg. borragom; in mod.L. borāgo; prob., according to Diez, f. borra, burra ‘rough hair, short wool’ (cf. late L. burra ‘a shaggy garment’), in reference to the roughness of the foliage.]
1. A genus of plants, giving its name to a family (Boraginaceæ). spec. The common British species (Borago officinalis), which has bright blue flowers, and stem and leaves covered with prickly hairs; it was formerly much esteemed as a cordial, and is still largely used in making cool tankard, claret cup, etc.
[c1265Anglo-Norm. Voc. Wr.-Wülcker 557 Borago, burage.] c1420Liber Cocorum 47 Take most of cole, borage, persyl. c1500To serve a Lord in Babees Bk. (1868) 370 Sawse hym with mustard, burage, suger. 1530Palsgr. 202/1 Burrage (bourage) herbe, bovrache. 1533Elyot Cast. Helth (1541) 29 Bourage comforteth the harte, and maketh one merye. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 644 Some there be, who put leaves of burrage into their wine. 1619Pasquil's Palin. (1877) 155 No fiery red-fac'd Claret attended with his Borrage. 1709Steele Tatler No. 31 ⁋8 The same Effect as Burridge in the Glass when a Man is drinking. 1710Salmon Househ. Comp. 45 Borrage is one of the four cordial flowers. 1842Sir W. Hooker Brit. Flora 225 Hence the old Adage—‘I Borage always bring Courage’.
2. Comb. and attrib., as borage-seed, borage-water; borage-wort, any boraginaceous plant.
1626Bacon Sylva §441 Sow here and there some Borrage-seed. 1620Venner Via Recta vii. 125 Eaten with..Borage-water and Sugar. 1882Garden 22 July 60/1 A morbid craze for Borage-worts. |