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c1440 77 (MED) Tak mader, tansay, radecole..& stamp þam in a morter.
?c1475 (BL Add. 15562) f. 101v Radcole [1483 BL Add. 89074 Radcolle], raphanus.
1562 W. Turner (1568) ii. 35 In Freseland, some make a sauce of redco for sodden meat.
1597 J. Gerard ii. 187 Horse Radish..is called in the north part of England red-cole.
1619 13 Sept. It wes ane peice red coll and that he eitt thairof.
a1646 D. Wedderburn (1685) 18 Raphanus rusticanus, red-col.
1709 R. Sibbald (ed. 2) i. 13 The Redcole or Raphanus Rusticanus is fit to be eaten with fish.
1727 B. Langley xxxiii. 76 Horse Radish is vulgarly called..in English, Mountain Radish, Great Raifort.., and in the North part of England 'tis called Red Cole.
1752 C. Alston 91 Horse Radish, or Redcole.
1845 T. Brown Rotcoll, Horse-radish.
1991 29 July d3/3 Once known as ‘redcole’ in England and ‘stingnose’ in the United States, horseradish is a member of the mustard family.