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ˈscurvy-grass Bot.
Forms: see scurvy n.; also scruby-grass.
1. A cruciferous plant, Cochlearia officinalis, believed to possess anti-scorbutic properties.
a1597Gerarde Herbal ii. lxxxii. 323 Round leafed Scuruie grasse is a low or base herbe. 1611Middleton & Dekker Roaring Girl F 2 b, Would any husband suspect that a woman crying, Buy any scurui-grasse, should bring loue letters amongst her herbes to his wife. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece i. iv. 247 Take..of Scurvygrass half a Bushel. 1767Byron's Voy. round World 47 We carried off a great quantity of cocoa nuts, scurvy-grass, and other vegetables, for the use of the sick. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxi. 269 Peterson brought me quite a handful of scurvy-grass (C. fenestrata). 1872H. Macmillan True Vine vii, The saxifrage and the scurvy-grass give a faint tinge of verdure to the snow-white sterility of the arctic lichens.
β1622R. Banister 113 Dis. Eyes N 5 b, Scorby-grasse, water-cresses, brooke-lime.
†b. spirit of scurvy-grass: a volatile oil distilled from the plant. Obs.
1676Grew Anat. Plants, Lect. ii. (1682) 242 Spirit of Scurvy-grass maketh no Luctation with any Acid. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 184/2 If it be made with Spirit of Scurvy-grass [etc.].
†2. sea scurvy-grass or Scottish scurvy-grass: the sea bindweed, Convolvulus soldanella.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. ccxciii. 690 Soldanella..in English Sea Withwinde,..of some Sea Folefoote, and Scottish Scuruie grasse. 1676T. Glover Virginia in Phil. Trans. XI. 629 Soldanella or Sea-Scurvygrass.
†3. = scurvy-grass ale (see 4). Obs.
1664G. Etherege Love in Tub i. ii 5 And but this morning the Chandler refus'd to score a quart of Scurvy-grass. 1708J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Britain i. iii. vii. (1743) 188 There are sold in London..many sorts of ales, very different, as Cock, Steponey,..Betony, Scurvy grass, &c.
4. attrib. and Comb., as † scurvy-grass ale, ale medicated with scurvy-grass; similarly † scurvy-grass drink; † scurvy-grass medicine, a medicine containing scurvy-grass as the chief ingredient.
1661in W. M. Myddelton Chirk Castle Acc. (1908) 152 Pd for a qrte of *scurvigrasse ale and plaine ale 8d. 1679J. Locke in Ld. King Life 135 There are also several sorts of compounded ales, as cock-ale,..scurvy grass-ale, college-ale, &c.
1658–9Wood Life (O.H.S.) I. 273 *Scurvy-grass drink began to be frequently drunk in the mornings as physic-drinke.
1609T. Cocks Diary (1901) 77/5 Paide for longe pepper graynes, cloves, mace, and saffron for my *skurvye-grasse medicine, vj d. |