spire-grassn.

Etymology: spire n.¹ Compare spear-grass n.

†(a) = spear-grass n. 1, spearwort n. 3. Obsolete. (b) One or other of various reeds or sedges. Cf. spear-grass n. 2. Now dialect.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > spearwort

spearworta1400

spear-grass1548

spickwort1575

banewort1578

spire-grass1626

butter plate1853

steep1894

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > names applied to various aquatic grasses

starc1300

flaga1387

water grass1585

sword-grass1598

spire-grass1626

star-grass1782

slough grass1861

slough hay1934

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §565 Where Alleyes are close Gravelled, the Earth putteth forth, the first yeare, Knot-grasse and after Spire-grasse.

1629 H. C. Disc. Drayning Fennes sig. A4^v There are many watry plashes, and much rotting Spire-grasse in it.

1851 T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore Northants. Spire-grass, a tall species of sedge, growing on fenny land.

1851 G. Meredith Flower of Ruins in Poems (1898) 33 The little harebell leans On the spire-grass that it queens, With bonnet blue.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	spire-grass
释义	spire-grassn. Etymology: spire n.¹ Compare spear-grass n. †(a) = spear-grass n. 1, spearwort n. 3. Obsolete. (b) One or other of various reeds or sedges. Cf. spear-grass n. 2. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > spearwort spearworta1400 spear-grass1548 spickwort1575 banewort1578 spire-grass1626 butter plate1853 steep1894 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > names applied to various aquatic grasses starc1300 flaga1387 water grass1585 sword-grass1598 spire-grass1626 star-grass1782 slough grass1861 slough hay1934 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §565 Where Alleyes are close Gravelled, the Earth putteth forth, the first yeare, Knot-grasse and after Spire-grasse. 1629 H. C. Disc. Drayning Fennes sig. A4^v There are many watry plashes, and much rotting Spire-grasse in it. 1851 T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore Northants. Spire-grass, a tall species of sedge, growing on fenny land. 1851 G. Meredith Flower of Ruins in Poems (1898) 33 The little harebell leans On the spire-grass that it queens, With bonnet blue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1626
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