单词 | cowage |
释义 | cowagecowhagen. 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. transitive. To cover or sprinkle with cowage. ΚΠ 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). < n.1640v.1840 |
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