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单词 nervine
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nervineadj.n.

Brit. /ˈnəːvʌɪn/, /ˈnəːviːn/, U.S. /ˈnərˌvin/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nervinus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin nervinus relating to the sinews or nerves (c1410 in a British source; late 4th cent. in sense ‘of gut, of bowstring’) < classical Latin nervus nerve n. + -īnus -ine suffix1. Compare French nervin (c1710 as adjective, 1752 as noun), Spanish nervino, adjective (1734), Italian nervino, adjective (a1758).
A. adj.
1. Having a healing influence on the sinews or tendons. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 423 [Rickets are cured by] balsam of Tolu, the nervine ointment, aregon, and martiat.
2. Having an effect on the nerves.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [adjective] > for the nerves
neurotic1659
nervine1718
nervous1718
neuritic1725
nervose1880
1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 93 This..enters almost into all the nervine compositions of the Shops.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 587 The warm nervine irritants as musk, camphor, valerian.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 883 One of those nervine agents which all people civilized or uncivilized..discover to soothe the nervous system.
1912 W. Tibbles Foods xxi. 560 The entire plant and seeds possess stimulant, carminative, nervine, and diuretic properties.
1951 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 38 387 Allport lists its [sc. Valeriana's] uses as a nervine stimulant to the digestive organs.
1994 Nat. Health Nov. 70/1 Rosemary..recommends giving the child a relaxing nervine tea such as lemon balm and chamomile.
B. n.
1.
a. A medicinal substance that affects the nerves. Also in extended use.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the nerves
neurotic1661
neuritic1728
nervine1731
neurotonic1882
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > stimulant > of nerves
nervine1731
neurotonic1882
scutellarin1883
1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 361 Other Medicines taken from the common Class of Nervines.
1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 85 [Valeriana officinalis] Great wild Valerian. Anglis. The roots are esteem'd an excellent nervine.
1803 T. Beddoes Hygëia III. ix. 113 I know not if stories..would not prove excellent nervines and anodynes.
1874 J. Gardner Longevity 129 Nervines and antispasmodics in a marked manner calm down palpitations, flutterings, etc., when temporary.
1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 329 Lesser Skullcap, like S. galericulata, has been used as a nervine.
1994 Healthy Solutions Fall 2/2 St. John's Wort has been known for centuries as a herbal sedative and nervine. This is due to its almost magical calming effect.
b. = nerve root n. 2.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids
satyrionOE
bollockwort?a1300
sanicle14..
bollock?a1425
martagon1548
orchis1559
dogstones1562
hare's-ballocks1562
stone1562
bollock grass1578
dog's cods1578
dog's cullions1578
double-leaf1578
fly-orchis1578
goat's cullions1578
goat's orchis1578
priest's pintle1578
twayblade1578
bee-orchis1597
bifoil1597
bird's nest1597
bird's orchis1597
butterfly orchis1597
fenny-stones1597
gelded satyrion1597
gnat satyrion1597
humble-bee orchis1597
lady's slipper1597
sweet ballocks1597
two-blade1605
cullions1611
bee-flower1626
fly-flower1640
man orchis1670
musk orchis1670
moccasin flower1680
gnat-flower1688
faham tea1728
Ophrys1754
green man orchis1762
Arethusa1764
honey flower1771
cypripedium1775
rattlesnake plantain1778
Venus's slipper1785
Adam and Eve1789
lizard orchis179.
epidendrum1791
Pogonia?1801
Vanda1801
cymbidium1815
Oncidium1822
putty-root1822
Noah's Ark1826
yellow moccasin1826
gongora1827
cattleya1828
green man1828
nervine1828
stanhopea1829
dove-flower1831
catasetum1836
Odontoglossum1836
Miltonia1837
letter plant1838
spread eagle1838
letter-leaf1839
swan-plant1841
orchid1843
disa1844
masdevallia1845
Phalaenopsis1846
faham1850
Indian crocus1850
moccasin plant1850
pleione1851
dove orchis1852
nerve root1854
Holy Ghost flower1862
basket-plant1865
lizard's tongue1866
mousetail1866
Sobralia1866
swan-neck1866
swanwort1866
Indian shoe1876
odontoglot1879
wreathewort1879
moth orchid1880
rattlesnake orchid1881
dendrobe1882
dove-plant1882
Madeira orchis1882
man orchis1882
swan-flower1884
slipper-orchid1885
slipper orchis1889
mayflower1894
scorpion orchid1897
moederkappie1910
dove orchid1918
monkey orchid1925
man orchid1927
1828 C. S. Rafinesque Med. Flora U.S. I. 145 C[ypripedium] spectabile, Red and White Ladies' Slipper, Female Nervine, &c.
1882 Harper's Mag. Feb. 435/2 I saw that she had been searching for nervine and sassafras.
1934 L. L. Haskin Wild Flowers Pacific Coast 61 Other names by which they are locally known are..frome the medicinal properties of the root, ‘nervine,’ and ‘nerve-root’.
2. A greasy preparation used in massage. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > ointments, etc. > [noun] > preparation used in massage
nervine1887
1887 D. Maguire Art of Massage (ed. 4) ii. 35 A masseur can use..balsam of opodeldoc, nervine, and fieraventi.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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