α. late Middle English dog tonge, 1500s dogtong.
β. 1500s doggestong, 1500s dogs tonge, 1600s dogges-tongue, 1600s doggs-tongue, 1600s– dog's-tongue.
单词 | dogs tongue |
释义 | dog's tonguen.α. late Middle English dog tonge, 1500s dogtong. β. 1500s doggestong, 1500s dogs tonge, 1600s dogges-tongue, 1600s doggs-tongue, 1600s– dog's-tongue. 1. Any of various plants constituting the genus Cynoglossum (family Boraginaceae), esp. a European weed, C. officinale, with dark red flowers, which was formerly used medicinally. Also called hound's-tongue. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Boraginaceae (bugloss and allies) > [noun] ribeOE hound's-tonguec1000 ox-tonguea1325 rotheren tongue?a1350 buglossa1400 dog's tongue?a1425 lungwort1538 anchusa1548 sheep's tongue1552 cowslip of Jerusalem1578 Our Lady's milkwort1578 pulmonaria1578 sage of Jerusalem1578 wild comfrey1578 maiden-lips1589 bugloss cowslip1597 viper's bugloss1597 viper's herb1597 ribbie1607 lithospermon1646 wall bugloss1650 lady's glove1668 Venus's navelwort1678 spotted comfrey1688 cynogloss1705 Jerusalem sage1736 lawn1778 Mertensia1836 stickseed1843 Virginian cowslip1856 bluebell1858 gooseberry fool1858 Jerusalem cowslip1866 borage-wort1882 echium1883 rose noble1886 milksile- ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 95 Lefes of lingue canis i. dog tonge [?c1425 Paris howndestonge]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 214/2 Doggestong or horehounde, an herbe. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. C.vjv Cynaglossus the second of Plenie..called in englishe Houndes tong or dogs tonge. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 193 The stalkes of dogges-tongue, the powder of the right-horne of a Hart. 1765 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry V. iv. 279 These leaves, which resemble pretty much those of dog's-tongue, are sleek, and of a bluish green colour. 1805 Repertory Arts, Manuf., & Agric. 7 239 A plant, which grows in abundance in every field, the Dog's Tongue, the Cynoglossum Officinale of Linnæus. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth IV. xxv. 285 His remedies were ‘womanish and weak’. Sage, and wormwood..dog's-tongue, our Lady's mantle, feverfew, and Faith, and all in small quantities except the last. 1949 J. C. Robert Story of Tobacco in Amer. viii. 242 From the south-eastern part of the United States came deer's tongue, sometimes called dog's tongue, hound's tongue,..or vanilla plant. 1991 Rangelands 13 103/1 Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale L.), which is also known as beggar's lice, dog's tongue..and woolmat, is rapidly becoming a serious rangeland weed of British Columbia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > member of genus Glyptocephalus (witch) dog's tongue1611 pole1668 witch1874 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pole, the Sole-fish called a Dog's-tongue, or kind foole. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. lx. 237 Dog's tongue or Kind-fool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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