goose-footn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgoose-foot.

Used as the name of various objects resembling the foot of a goose.

a. A plant belonging to one of the various species of the genus Chenopodium; so called from the shape of the leaves. Plural goosefoots.The English name seems to have been a translation from the German. A Latin plant-name of the same etymological meaning, Chēnopus (Greek χηνόπους) occurs in Pliny.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Chenopodiaccae (goose-foot and allies) > [noun] > goose-foot

goose-foot1548

oak of Jerusalem1551

chenopod1555

oak of Paradise1578

stinking motherwort1578

allseed1597

chenopodium1597

good King Harry1597

stinking orach1597

sowbane1657

strawberry blite1753

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. H.iij^v Pes anserinus is called in duch geusz [sic] fusz, and it may be called in englishe Goosefote.

1555 R. Eden Briefe Descr. Moscouia in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 262^v The herbe cauled Chenopode (whiche sume caule goose foote).

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 682 The hearb Goose foot is venemous to swine.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cccix. 577 Goose-foot or Sowbane.

1698 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 401 With Leaves somewhat like our Goosefoot.

1738 G. C. Deering Catalogus Stirpium 34 The other Goosefoot..called by some Country People Fat Hen.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvii. 228 Such are all the Goosefoots, of which there are no less than eighteen species.

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 38 The goose-foots..and other unattractive plants.

1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 224 Artificial Shagreen used to be made by pressing a piece of leather upon the seeds of White Goosefoot so as to raise a warted surface.

b. The plant Aspalathus Chenopoda.

ΚΠ

1848 Rural Cycl. II. 480 Goosefoot..A beautiful, yellow-flowered, evergreen, Cape-of-Good-Hope shrub.

2. Something arranged or made in the shape of a goose's foot; e.g. a three-branched hinge, or a number of roads diverging from a common point. Plural goose-feet. [= French patte d'oie.]

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > fork > of more than two ways

goose-foot1712

1516–17 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 417 Le gosfote ad magnam portam occidentalem collegii.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 19 A Goose-foot, which leads into the great Walks.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 54 The Walks of these Goose-feet center every one upon the Spouts of the Water~work.

1744 T. Stack tr. in Philos. Trans. 1749–51 (Royal Soc.) 41 683 The Goose-foot formed by the Valve being much more compounded.

Compounds

goose-foot maple n. = striped maple at striped adj. 1b (Cent. Dict. 1890).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	goose-foot
释义	goose-footn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgoose-foot. Used as the name of various objects resembling the foot of a goose. 1. a. A plant belonging to one of the various species of the genus Chenopodium; so called from the shape of the leaves. Plural goosefoots.The English name seems to have been a translation from the German. A Latin plant-name of the same etymological meaning, Chēnopus (Greek χηνόπους) occurs in Pliny. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Chenopodiaccae (goose-foot and allies) > [noun] > goose-foot goose-foot1548 oak of Jerusalem1551 chenopod1555 oak of Paradise1578 stinking motherwort1578 allseed1597 chenopodium1597 good King Harry1597 stinking orach1597 sowbane1657 strawberry blite1753 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. H.iij^v Pes anserinus is called in duch geusz [sic] fusz, and it may be called in englishe Goosefote. 1555 R. Eden Briefe Descr. Moscouia in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 262^v The herbe cauled Chenopode (whiche sume caule goose foote). 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 682 The hearb Goose foot is venemous to swine. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cccix. 577 Goose-foot or Sowbane. 1698 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 401 With Leaves somewhat like our Goosefoot. 1738 G. C. Deering Catalogus Stirpium 34 The other Goosefoot..called by some Country People Fat Hen. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvii. 228 Such are all the Goosefoots, of which there are no less than eighteen species. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 38 The goose-foots..and other unattractive plants. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 224 Artificial Shagreen used to be made by pressing a piece of leather upon the seeds of White Goosefoot so as to raise a warted surface. b. The plant Aspalathus Chenopoda. ΚΠ 1848 Rural Cycl. II. 480 Goosefoot..A beautiful, yellow-flowered, evergreen, Cape-of-Good-Hope shrub. 2. Something arranged or made in the shape of a goose's foot; e.g. a three-branched hinge, or a number of roads diverging from a common point. Plural goose-feet. [= French patte d'oie.] ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > fork > of more than two ways goose-foot1712 1516–17 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 417 Le gosfote ad magnam portam occidentalem collegii. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 19 A Goose-foot, which leads into the great Walks. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 54 The Walks of these Goose-feet center every one upon the Spouts of the Water~work. 1744 T. Stack tr. in Philos. Trans. 1749–51 (Royal Soc.) 41 683 The Goose-foot formed by the Valve being much more compounded. Compounds goose-foot maple n. = striped maple at striped adj. 1b (Cent. Dict. 1890). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1516
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