| 单词 | poor man's treacle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoor man's treacle poor man's treacle n. (also occasionally poor men's treacle) now rare garlic (cf. treacle n. 1b). ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. lxxi. 638 Garlyke..is good against all venome & poyson... Therefore Galen..called it poore mens Treacle. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ail, Garlicke, poore-mans Treacle. 1765 J. Kirkpatrick tr. S. A. D. Tissot Advice to People with Regard to Health xvii. 266 He may take three Doses a Day of the Theriaca Pauperum, or poor Man's Treacle. 1877 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire 158 Poor Man's, or Churl's, Treacle, Garlick. Allium. 1997 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 16 Oct. a6/5 Garlic... Lily family. Also called; Poor-man's-treacle. poor man's treacle poor man's treacle n. (a) Garlic; (b) Hedge Garlic ( Alliaria officinalis). Obsolete.extracted from treaclen.< as lemmas |
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