| 单词 | quicken berry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquicken berry quicken berry n. now rare a rowan berry; a rowan tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash quick treeeOE wycheOE quickena1400 foldc1420 rowan-tree1483 quickbeam?1537 wild ash1552 field ash1578 mountain ash1597 quicken berry1597 whitten1633 witchen1664 quickenberry tree1671 wicky1681 rowan1751 narrow-leaved service tree1793 sorb1796 bastard mountain ash1800 roundwood1846 fowler's service tree1859 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 88 Mulberies, Quickenberries, greene Grapes. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. v. 81 He beareth Argent, a bunch..of wild Ash, or Quicken Berries slipt. They are red, and grow in a round; as the Alder-Berries. 1879 W. Henderson Notes Folk-lore Northern Counties (rev. ed.) vi. 184 Twigs of mountain-ash or quicken-berry. 1901 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 496 When Finola the Festive went forth to the chase one day, she found a quicken berry glowing like a ruby in the highroad. 1999 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 10 Nov. (Features section) 9 It [sc. rowan]..goes by the names sip-sap, witchwood, shepherd's friend, dog berries and quicken berries. < as lemmas |
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