† gall-wortn.
Obsolete.
A name for Toad-flax ( Linaria vulgaris), and perhaps for the Lesser Centaury ( Erythræa centaurium).
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centauryeOE
earth-galleOE
feverfewOE
Christ's ladderc1300
feltrikec1440
horse-galla1500
gall of the earth1567
gall-wort1577
marsh centaury1670
yellow-wort1783
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > toadflax or cancer-wort
wild flaxa1400
cankerwortc1400
sulfc1450
linary1548
gall-wort1577
herb fluellin1578
toad-flax1578
cancerwort1597
flax-weed1597
linaria1597
butter and eggs1756
fluellin1756
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 135v Take..Gallwort, beastes Loongwort, Planten leaues [to cure the ‘sicknesse of the Gall’ in cattle].
1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell (1600) 277 For the staggars in a hog, giue him of the hearbe called starewort or gallwort in milke, and he shall amend.
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden 313 It is called also Toad-Flax..and Flax-weed; in Sussex, Gallwort.
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