† shavewortn.
Obsolete. rare.
= shavegrass n.
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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
c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 82 Hircina,..cauda equina..schafwort.
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n.c1450- have a foot in both camps
- have a foot in the dish
- have a free hand
- have a full plate
- have a gad-bee in one's brain
- have a gadbee in one's brain
- have a gadfly
- have a game at pully hauly
- have a game at ramp
- have a game at ramps
- have a gay mind
- have a geg
- have a glimpse of
- have a go
- have a good bad time
- have a good bad time of formerly on it
- have a good bad time of it
- have a good day
- have a good etc ship under foot
- have a good etc time
- have a good etc time of formerly on it
- have a good etc time of it
- have a good foot on the floor
- have a good hand against
- have a good head for