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shepherd's purse
[Cf. med.L. bursa pastoris, F. bourse-à-pasteur, bourse-de-berger, G. hirtentasche, Du. herdertasch.]
1. A common cruciferous weed, Capsella Bursapastoris, bearing pouch-like pods.
a1400–50Stockh. Med. MS. 172 Shepherdys purs. [a1500Gl. Sloane in Sax. Leechd. III. 331 Herdys purse.] c1550Lloyd Treas. Health G vij b, Hold thy handful of sheparders [sic] purse. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. lv. 81 Bursa pastoris..[is called] in English Shepherds purse, Scrippe, or Pouche. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. xxii. 215 Shepheardes purse staieth bleeding in any part of the bodie. 1657W. Coles Adam in Eden xxxv. 71 In English it is called Shepheards purse or Scrip, from the likenesse the Seed hath with that kind of leatherne bag, wherein Shepherds carry their Victualls into the field. c1710Petiver Cat. Ray's Eng. Herbal Tab. 49 Ragged Sheaperds-purse. 1882G. Allen Colour of Flowers i. 15 The petals of shepherd's-purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) have been observed antheriferous.
2. dial. The fossil echinus found in the chalk.
1893Surrey Gloss., Shepherd's crown or Shepherd's purse, the fossil Echinus, from the chalk. 1900A. Harston Let. to Editor, ‘Shepherd's Purse’, the common name in some parts of the Country (e.g. Kent) for the Fossil Sea Urchins found in the Chalk formation. |