† sicklewortn.
Obsolete.
1. The scarlet pimpernel.
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wayworta1300
pimpernel?a1425
sicklewortc1450
craches1530
margeline1572
wink-a-peep1626
shepherd's sun-dial1823
poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827
shepherd's weatherglass1827
shepherd's calendar1832
scarlet pimpernel1855
shepherd's dial1865
shepherd's clock1878
shepherd's glass1886
peeper1888
shepherd's hourglass1909
c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 196/2 [Ypia]maior,..angl. marie goldwert, secundum quosdam, an. sikelwert uel chikemete.
2. The plant self-heal ( Prunella vulgaris). Gerarde appears to be the source of all later references.
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self-heallOE
brunel1527
prunella1527
carpenter's herb1578
hook-heal1578
prunel1578
sicklewort1597
prince's feather1818
hook-weed1861
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 508 Brunell is called in English Prunell, Carpenters herbe, Selfeheale, and Hookeheale, & Sicklewoort.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Oingtereule, selfe-heale, Hooke-heale, Sicklewort.
1766 Museum Rusticum 6 448.
1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants Sickle-wort, from the shape of its flowers, which seen in profile resemble a sickle, Prunella vulgaris.
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