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单词 septfoil
释义 septfoil|ˈsɛtfɔɪl|
Also 6–7 set-.
[ad. late L. septifolium, as if through OF.: see septi-1 and foil n.1, and cf. cinquefoil.]
1. The plant tormentil. Now rare.
1578Lyte Dodoens i. lvii. 84 This herbe [sc. Tormentilla] is now called..in English Setfoyle and Tormentill.1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 616 For this disease the Sheap⁓heardes take no other thing but the Hearbe Tormenti[ll]a, or Set-foyle.1764Museum Rust. III. xiii. 56 Tormentil, or septfoil, grows wild on dry pastures and commons in most parts of England.1812Crabbe Tales x. 122 Here the dwarf sallows creep, the septfoil harsh.1852C. Morfit Tanning & Currying (1853) 40 Certain annual plants—as the septfoil and bistort.
2. Arch. An ornament with seven cusps or points.
1849[see sixfoil].1877F. G. Lee Gloss. Liturg. Terms.
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