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单词 cowage
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cowagecowhagen.

Brit. /ˈkaʊɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈkaʊɪdʒ/
Forms: Also cow-itch, (1600s–1700s couhage, 1700s cow edge).
Etymology: A perversion of the Hindi name kiwāṅch, kawāṅch, contracted kawāch.
a. The stinging hairs of the pod of a tropical plant, Mucuna pruriens, family Leguminosæ, formerly used as an anthelmintic; also the plant, or its pods. ‘The pods are 4 or 5 inches long, shaped like the letter ʃ, and clothed with a thick coating of short stiff brittle hairs of a bright brown colour, the points of which are notched or finely serrated, and easily penetrate the skin, causing intolerable itching’ ( Treasury Bot. 1866).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > cowage plant, bean, or hairs
cowage1640
horse-eye bean1700
Mucuna1836
kiwach1876
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > remedies for parasitic infections > [noun] > vermifuge or anthelminthic > plant-derived
wormseedc1503
santonica1658
worm-grass1756
filix mas1789
worm-barkc1791
cowage1801
kamala1820
wormseed oil1830
Mucuna1836
santonin1838
Corsican moss1849
kousso1851
worm-oil1855
crab-oil1858
tallicoona oil1866
kainic acid1954
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1056 The hairy kidney bean called in Zurrate where it groweth Couhage.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 145 Of Cowage..call'd commonly, though very improperly, Cow-itch.
1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 19 With cowitch meazle like a Leper And choak with Fumes of Guiny-Pepper.
1801 E. Darwin Zoonomia (ed. 3) III. 80 The sharp spiculæ or hairs, which are found on the pods of cowhage,..have been recommended in worm-cases.
1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 142 Methods of annoyance adopted by boys towards ushers and teachers, such as putting cowage between their sheets.
1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 107 In the dense jungle the cowhage..and the stiff reeds..annoy the half-naked porters.
1879 A. B. Garrod & E. B. Baxter Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 7) 234 Cowhage has been used as an anthelmintic.
b. creeping cowage n. a twining euphorbiaceous shrub, Tragia volubilis, having hairy capsules.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > other climbing or creeping shrubs
creeping cowage1750
gelsemium1875
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 206 Cow-Itch. This is a long scandent vine.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 336 The creeping Cowhage..well known on account of its sharp itching hairs.
c. cowage cherry n. a shrub of Central America, Malpighia urens; = Barbados-cherry n. at Barbados n. Compounds.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > American or West Indian
ramgoat bush1566
burton-wood1697
cowage cherry1725
Jack-in-the-busha1726
screw tree1739
lady of the night1752
goatweed1756
solandra1797
silk-tassel1833
garrya1835
matico1839
choisya1840
Romneya1845
jointer1847
creosote-bush1851
creosote-plant1854
bridal wreath1856
ocotillo1856
adelaster1863
sage rose1864
white horse1864
tree poppy1866
Tacsonia1869
rain tree1877
piquillin bush1884
tassel-bush1891
bush poppy1899
Mexican orange1923
shrimp plant1941
1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 106 Cowhage Cherry. The leaves have..their under surface very thick set with very small sharp prickles lying along close to the leaf, which fills one's hands or flesh coming to touch it, full of prickles.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 230 The Cowhage Cherry. This weakly shrub..is remarkable for the itchy setæ upon its younger leaves.
1878 S. Smiles Robert Dick v. 41 He found a specimen of the cowitch shrub.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

cowagecowhagev.

Etymology: < cowage n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcowage.
transitive. To cover or sprinkle with cowage.
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1840 New Monthly Mag. 58 527 Having cowaged his bed the preceding night.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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