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self-heal|ˈsɛlfhiːl|
Also 4 selfhele, 5 selhele, sulfhele, selfhol (?), 6–7 selfeheale.
[f. self- 1 + heal v.; cf. OHG. selbheila ‘euphrasia’ (see euphrasy).]
A name for various plants believed to have great healing properties, esp. Prunella vulgaris (Common S.), Sanicula europæa, and formerly Pimpinella Saxifraga (see pimpernel 3).
a1387Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 11 Armoniaca, i. Self-hele. Ibid. 13 Betonica major, i. Selfhele. Ibid. 33 Oxyndrele, i. Selfhele. Ibid. 43 Unctuosa, Self hele. a1400–50[see morecrop]. c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 193 Unctuosa..an..selhele uel smerwrt. c1450M.E. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 201 Tak crowsope, penywort, sulfhele. 1526Grete Herball ccclv. (1529) T vj, De pinpinella. Selfe heale or pympyrnell. 1568Turner Herbal iii. 61 Selfe heale is good to heale grene woundes. 1664Dr. Burnet in Pepys Diary 1 July, Take..of Selfeheale, of Red Roses, of each one Handfull. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 326 Self-heal, Sanicula. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 944 The seeds..of the common self-heal, Prunella vulgaris, mix themselves with those of clover. 1880Jefferies Gt. Estate 132 In the grass the short selfheal shows. |