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‖ ˈborith
[a. late L. borith, a. Heb. bōrīth, rendered in A.V. ‘sope’; earlier versions followed the Vulgate in retaining the Heb. word.]
A plant yielding an alkali used for cleansing (? Saponaria officinalis).
1382Wyclif Jerem. ii. 22 If thou wasshez thee with clensing cley, and multeplie to thee the clensende erbe boreth [1388 borith, 1535 Coverdale herbe of Borith]. 1468Medulla Gramm., Boryth, Ffullere gres. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 23 The herbe callit Borith quhilk hais greit vertue of clenging. 1678Bp. of Gloucester Expos. Catech. 171 It is no water-work, no, not if you put to it Nitre, much sope, Fullers-earth, or Borith. 1730in Bailey. |