sainfoinn.

Brit.

/ˈsanfɔɪn/,

/ˈseɪnfɔɪn/, U.S.

/ˈseɪnˌfɔɪn/

Forms: 1600s S. Foyne, Saint-, St. Foine, sainct-foin, santfine, santfoyne, 1600s–1700s St. Foyne, 1700s St. Foin, sainfoine, 1500s– saintfoin, 1600s– sanfoin, 1700s– sainfoin.

Etymology: < French sainfoin, also †saintfoin (16th cent.), apparently < sain health-giving, wholesome + foin hay. The identification of the first syllable with saint holy, was common in French in the 16th cent., and in English in the 17th cent. Compare holy hay (see holy adj. and n. Compounds 2b), German heiligheu, and Portuguese sanfeno.

A low-growing perennial herb, Onobrychis sativa (formerly Hedysarum Onobrychis), much grown as a forage plant. Also, locally, lucerne ( Medicago sativa).

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cock's head1553

red fitchling1597

French grass1652

sainfoin1652

esperate1659

holy haya1661

esparcet1669

red fitch1671

snail clover-grass1717

holy grass1778

1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxvii. 186 St. Foyne is a French Grass much sowed there, upon their barren, dry, hasky Lands, and sometimes in our Gardens hath a kind of it been much sowed, called the French Honysuckel.

1659 A. Speed Adam out of Eden xiv. 108 A Gentle~man..hath this yeer about thirty acres of S. Foyne.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 27 This St. Foyne, or Holy-hay, hath in several places of England, obtained the preferrence above Clover-grass, for that it..is so great an improvement on our barren Lands.

1726 Dict. Husb. II. (at cited word) Saintfoin, or Holy-Hay, a sort of Grass otherwise call'd Medick-Fodder, Spanish Trefoil, and Snail or Horned Clover-grass.

1789 A. Young Jrnl. 31 July in Trav. France (1792) i. 152 Large quantities of sainfoin, which he used for fattening oxen.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 554 It is possible to cultivate both lucern and saintfoin as a one or more years' crop of grass in rotation with corn crops instead of red clover.

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. 133 Pink saintfoin.

1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 50 For early spring feed and summer fattening,..sanfoin, mustard, and lucern, will be found invaluable.

attributive.1676 London Gaz. No. 1073/4 Pure Trefoile and Santfine Seed.1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xiv. 90 Cut off the St. Foin Heads an Handful deep.1764 Museum Rusticum 1 465 Saintfoin hay is excellent food for horses.1792 A. Young Trav. France 357 A considerable portion of these calcareous districts should be thrown into sainfoin courses.1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 350 Old saintfoin lays.1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 174 The crimson of stray sainfoin clusters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sainfoin
释义	sainfoinn. Brit. /ˈsanfɔɪn/, /ˈseɪnfɔɪn/, U.S. /ˈseɪnˌfɔɪn/ Forms: 1600s S. Foyne, Saint-, St. Foine, sainct-foin, santfine, santfoyne, 1600s–1700s St. Foyne, 1700s St. Foin, sainfoine, 1500s– saintfoin, 1600s– sanfoin, 1700s– sainfoin. Etymology: < French sainfoin, also †saintfoin (16th cent.), apparently < sain health-giving, wholesome + foin hay. The identification of the first syllable with saint holy, was common in French in the 16th cent., and in English in the 17th cent. Compare holy hay (see holy adj. and n. Compounds 2b), German heiligheu, and Portuguese sanfeno. A low-growing perennial herb, Onobrychis sativa (formerly Hedysarum Onobrychis), much grown as a forage plant. Also, locally, lucerne ( Medicago sativa). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > sainfoin cock's head1553 red fitchling1597 French grass1652 sainfoin1652 esperate1659 holy haya1661 esparcet1669 red fitch1671 snail clover-grass1717 holy grass1778 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxvii. 186 St. Foyne is a French Grass much sowed there, upon their barren, dry, hasky Lands, and sometimes in our Gardens hath a kind of it been much sowed, called the French Honysuckel. 1659 A. Speed Adam out of Eden xiv. 108 A Gentle~man..hath this yeer about thirty acres of S. Foyne. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 27 This St. Foyne, or Holy-hay, hath in several places of England, obtained the preferrence above Clover-grass, for that it..is so great an improvement on our barren Lands. 1726 Dict. Husb. II. (at cited word) Saintfoin, or Holy-Hay, a sort of Grass otherwise call'd Medick-Fodder, Spanish Trefoil, and Snail or Horned Clover-grass. 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 31 July in Trav. France (1792) i. 152 Large quantities of sainfoin, which he used for fattening oxen. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 554 It is possible to cultivate both lucern and saintfoin as a one or more years' crop of grass in rotation with corn crops instead of red clover. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. 133 Pink saintfoin. 1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 50 For early spring feed and summer fattening,..sanfoin, mustard, and lucern, will be found invaluable. attributive.1676 London Gaz. No. 1073/4 Pure Trefoile and Santfine Seed.1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xiv. 90 Cut off the St. Foin Heads an Handful deep.1764 Museum Rusticum 1 465 Saintfoin hay is excellent food for horses.1792 A. Young Trav. France 357 A considerable portion of these calcareous districts should be thrown into sainfoin courses.1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 350 Old saintfoin lays.1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 174 The crimson of stray sainfoin clusters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1652
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