单词 | coltsfoot |
释义 | coltsfootn. 1. a. The common name of Tussilago Farfara (family Compositæ), a common weed in waste or clayey ground, with large spreading cordate leaves downy beneath, and yellow flowers appearing in early spring before the leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > coltsfoot horse-hoof1398 foalfoota1400 wowellc1450 Tussilago1510 coltsfoot1552 bull-foot1562 colt's-hoof1565–73 colt-herb1587 coughwort1597 horse-foot1597 flap-dock1846 clay-weed1878 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Coltefote herb, Bæchion Farfara, Tussilago. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 38 Coltes foote of some is called Bethicon. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xii. 20 Called..Fole foote, Horse houe, Coltes foote, and Bull foote. 1624 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons p. lv Gathering broome budds and coltfoote. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §560 The Vapor of Colts~foot hath a sanative vertue towards the Lungs. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 98 The plant, which..grows first on earth that has been moved, is the coltsfoot. b. The leaves used for smoking as a cure for asthma, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for asthma > plant-derived coltsfoot1710 1710 R. Steele Tatler 266 ⁋3 Upon the Table lay a Pipe filled with Bettony and Colts-Foot. c. An infusion of the leaves. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > drink > infused leaves, flowers, or fruit > [noun] > others coltsfoota1627 sage tea?1706 pippin tea1709 lemon-tea1725 foltron1748 camomile-tea1753 sassafras tea1783 spruce tea1783 mountain tea1785 cow-slip tea1796 miserable1842 peppermint tea1844 violet tea1853 Swiss tea1860 coffee-tea1866 Jesuits' tea1866 St. Helena tea1875 cotton-leaf tea1881 tamarind watera1883 tamarind tea1883 mullein tea1887 rosehip tea1947 a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Uuu2v/1 Our moderne kick, Which has been mightily in use of late, Since our young men dranke Coltsfoot. 2. Applied to other plants allied to the preceding, e.g. fragrant coltsfoot n., sweet coltsfoot Nardosmia (Petasites) fragrans and palmata. or resembling it in leaf, etc., e.g. in North America, Asarum canadense; in the West Indies, Piper peltatum (Pothomorpha); spotted coltsfoot n. Farfugium grande.† water coltsfoot n. Obsolete the yellow water-lily ( Nuphar). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > water-lilies edockec1000 water rose?a1300 mead-flower?a1350 water beanc1400 water coltsfoot14.. nenuphar?a1425 water lily?a1425 lotec1487 lotusc1487 nymphaea1543 water-can1622 can-dock1661 lotus flower1710 pond lily1748 Indian lotus1797 padma1799 Nuphar1822 beaver-root1832 splatterdock1832 frog-lily1845 brandy-bottle1846 Victoria1846 water nymph1848 lotus lily1857 cow-lily1862 pool lily1902 14.. MS. Bodl. 536 in T. O. Cockayne Saxon Leechdoms III. 319 Pees pully aquaticus, i.e. water coltys fot, it is [lyke] to water lyly & hit haþ a ȝolow floure. 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 80 Coltsfoot (sweet-scented)... Its flowers, with a powerful heliotrope-odour, appear in winter, before the leaves. Π 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 510 Sprigs slipped from the stocke, liue and doe full well: but..they ought to be pulled away with a colts foot of their owne, so as they take a quicke parcell also of their mothers bodie with them, in manner of a fringe or border hanging thereto. Compounds coltsfoot candy n. = coltsfoot-rock n. coltsfoot-rock n. candy or rock made with the leaves of the coltsfoot, used as a remedy for coughs and colds. coltsfoot stick n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for colds pennet1337 penidea1400 alphenic1657 stewed quaker1785 coltsfoot stick1851 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 78/1 A street-vendor of cough drops, horehound candy, coltsfoot-sticks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.14.. |
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