† prêlen.

Forms: 1600s presle, 1700s prescle (irregular), 1800s prêle, 1800s prelle.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French prêle, asprele.

Etymology: < French prêle horsetail (1549 in Middle French as prele ; earlier as prelé (1539); also as presle (1611 in Cotgrave)), variant (probably showing metanalysis of the definite article) of asprele (12th cent. in Old French), a diminutive formation (compare -elle suffix) ultimately < classical Latin asper asper adj.With Old French asprele compare Italian asperella (1598).

Obsolete.

A horsetail; esp. the rough horsetail, Equisetum hyemale.

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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies

padpipe?a1300

paddock-pipec1300

holy-water strinklec1440

shavegrassc1450

shavewortc1450

horsetail1538

shaving-grass1538

cat's tail1552

toad-pipe1578

pewterwort1597

horse-willow1611

prêle1661

shave-weed1691

water horsetail1710

horse-pipe1785

rush1804

shave-rush1821

equisetum1830

pipeweed1837

scouring rush1845

mud horsetail1855

jointweed1879

bottlebrush1883

1661 Minute in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 51 Rub it smooth with dried presle, i.e. the herb horse-tail.

1702 ‘T. Snow’ Apiroscopy i. 45 Having..Polish'd it [sc. your Work] with Prescle.

1813 A. Henry Jrnl. 17 Nov. (1992) II. 611 Sand banks, on which grows a coarse grass, prêle, rose bushes &c.

1814 A. Henry Jrnl. 21 Mar. (1992) II. 703 It is..customary about this time to feed upon roots of various kinds among which are the Flag or Jone Root &c, the joints of the long goose grass or prelle which grows uncommonly high here.

1843 J. C. Frémont Rep. 24 June in D. Jackson & M. L. Spence Exped. J. C. Frémont (1970) I. 179 An abundance of prêle (equisetum) afforded fine forage to our tired animals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† prêlev.

Forms: 1700s prescle (irregular).

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: prêle n.

Etymology: < prêle n.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To polish with stalks of horsetail plants (cf. prêle n.).

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1702 ‘T. Snow’ Apiroscopy i. 27 Wash over the Wood, and hold it to the Fire until it has done smoaking; when dry, Prescle it again.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	prêle
释义	† prêlen. Forms: 1600s presle, 1700s prescle (irregular), 1800s prêle, 1800s prelle. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French prêle, asprele. Etymology: < French prêle horsetail (1549 in Middle French as prele ; earlier as prelé (1539); also as presle (1611 in Cotgrave)), variant (probably showing metanalysis of the definite article) of asprele (12th cent. in Old French), a diminutive formation (compare -elle suffix) ultimately < classical Latin asper asper adj.With Old French asprele compare Italian asperella (1598). Obsolete. A horsetail; esp. the rough horsetail, Equisetum hyemale. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies padpipe?a1300 paddock-pipec1300 holy-water strinklec1440 shavegrassc1450 shavewortc1450 horsetail1538 shaving-grass1538 cat's tail1552 toad-pipe1578 pewterwort1597 horse-willow1611 prêle1661 shave-weed1691 water horsetail1710 horse-pipe1785 rush1804 shave-rush1821 equisetum1830 pipeweed1837 scouring rush1845 mud horsetail1855 jointweed1879 bottlebrush1883 1661 Minute in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 51 Rub it smooth with dried presle, i.e. the herb horse-tail. 1702 ‘T. Snow’ Apiroscopy i. 45 Having..Polish'd it [sc. your Work] with Prescle. 1813 A. Henry Jrnl. 17 Nov. (1992) II. 611 Sand banks, on which grows a coarse grass, prêle, rose bushes &c. 1814 A. Henry Jrnl. 21 Mar. (1992) II. 703 It is..customary about this time to feed upon roots of various kinds among which are the Flag or Jone Root &c, the joints of the long goose grass or prelle which grows uncommonly high here. 1843 J. C. Frémont Rep. 24 June in D. Jackson & M. L. Spence Exped. J. C. Frémont (1970) I. 179 An abundance of prêle (equisetum) afforded fine forage to our tired animals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † prêlev. Forms: 1700s prescle (irregular). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: prêle n. Etymology: < prêle n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To polish with stalks of horsetail plants (cf. prêle n.). ΚΠ 1702 ‘T. Snow’ Apiroscopy i. 27 Wash over the Wood, and hold it to the Fire until it has done smoaking; when dry, Prescle it again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1661v.1702
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