单词 | scabious |
释义 | scabiousn. 1. a. Any of the herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa (N.O. Dipsaceae), formerly believed to be efficacious for the cure of certain skin-diseases. blue scabious n. S. succisa. field scabious n. see field n.1 Compounds 4a. meadow scabious n. = field scabious n. at field n.1 Compounds 4a. purple scabious n. (or sweet scabious) S. atropurpurea. small scabious n. S. Columbaria. devil's bit scabious n. see devil's-bit n. musk scabious n. see musk n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > scabious scabiousc1400 scabia1881 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun] > scabious or devil's bit scabiousc1400 devil's-bit1526 fore-bit1597 forebitten more1597 gypsy flower1620 widow flower1789 fire-leaves1796 mourning bride1811 gypsy rose1830 mournful widow1846 starhead1852 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 213 Vpon þe enpostym..I leide scabiose grounden wiþ grese. c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 993 Broke lempk Scabiose Bilgres wildflax is good for ache. 1526 Grete Herball ccccvii. sig. Yijv/1 Sethe the iuce of scabyous in oyle. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxxiii. 109 The great Scabiouse and Iacea nigra, do grow in medowes and pastures. The smaller Scabious groweth in medowes and watery groundes that stande lowe. Sheeps Scabiouse groweth in the fieldes... All the Scabiouses are hoate and dry. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 600 Skabious boyled by it selfe..doth cleanse the breast and lungs. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 175 Certaine droppes..of this being given..against the asthma or tissick, with the water of scabiose. 1714 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 58 The Leaves next the Root are whitish and jagged like the small Field Scabiose. 1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 96 There Scabious blue and purple Knapweed rise. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 687/1 The arvensis, or meadow-scabious. 1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings vi. 108 All the upland pastures are strewn thick with myriads of the purple scabious. 1882 Garden 18 Feb. 118/2 The dwarf Scabious is now used for pot culture in winter. b. U.S. Applied to some species of Erigeron. ΚΠ 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 200 Erigeron philadelphicum and heterophyllum..are commonly sold under the name of Scabious. c. sheep's scabious: see sheep's scabious n. at sheep n. Compounds 3b; sheep's bit scabious: see sheep's bit n. at sheep n. Compounds 3b. 2. (See quot. 1832.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Melitaea > melitaea artemis scabious1832 greasy fritillary1844 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 6 The Scabious (Melitæa Artemis, Leach) appears in the middle of May... Caterpillar..feeds on the devil's bit scabious. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). scabiousadj. Now rare. Of the nature of or pertaining to scabies or itch; in early use = scabbed adj., scabby adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > itching diseases > scabies or mange scabious1603 mangy1647 scabid1822 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxiv. 62 Hee..durst not dare to tell me that his posteriors are scabious, except he turne over his Lexicon to see what posteriours and scabious is. 1616 T. Adams Dis. Soule 63 If the humours be..thicker, they turne to a scabious matter in the skin. 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 504 Their illfed flocks and scabious Congregations. 1764 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs 153 The scabious disease, which by that time had spread itself all over my skin. 1834 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. III. 639/1 The insects taken from the scabious vesicles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400adj.1603 |
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