单词 | borage |
释义 | boragen. A genus of plants, giving its name to a family ( Boraginaceæ). spec. The common British species ( Borago officinalis), which has bright blue flowers, and stem and leaves covered with prickly hairs; it was formerly much esteemed as a cordial, and is still largely used in making cool tankard, claret cup, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > bugloss or borage plant or seed langue de boeufa1400 boragea1475 borage-seed1626 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > bugloss buglossa1400 langue de boeufa1400 boragea1475 keck-bugloss1693 c1265 Anglo-Norm. Voc. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. 557 Borago, burage.] a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 47 Take most of cole, borage, persyl. c1500 Ffor to serve a Lord in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 374 Sawse hym with mustard, burage, suger. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 202/1 Burrage (bourage) herbe, bovrache. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 29 Bourage comforteth the harte, and maketh one merye. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 644 Some there be, who put leaves of burrage into their wine. 1619 Pasquils Palinodia sig. D3 No fiery red-fac'd Claret, attended with his Borrage. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 31. ⁋8 The same Effect as Burridge in the Glass when a Man is drinking. 1710 Salmon Househ. Comp. 45 Borrage is one of the four cordial flowers. 1842 W. J. Hooker Brit. Flora 225 Hence the old Adage—‘I Borage always bring Courage’. Compounds C1. General attributive. borage-seed n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > bugloss or borage plant or seed langue de boeufa1400 boragea1475 borage-seed1626 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §441 Sow here and there some Borrage-seed. borage-water n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > decoction > [noun] > of herbs, seeds, or bark sorrela1400 cinnamon-water1589 borage-water1620 sage drink1747 sage juice1747 seed water1747 mauby1790 sabzi1804 gentian1840 Angostura1856 gentian bitter1864 sage gargle189. hop bitters1894 rooibos1911 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 125 Eaten with..Borage-water and Sugar. C2. borage-wort n. any boraginaceous plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Boraginaceae (bugloss and allies) > [noun] ribeOE hound's-tonguec1000 ox-tonguea1325 rotheren tongue?a1350 buglossa1400 dog's tongue?a1425 lungwort1538 anchusa1548 sheep's tongue1552 cowslip of Jerusalem1578 Our Lady's milkwort1578 pulmonaria1578 sage of Jerusalem1578 wild comfrey1578 maiden-lips1589 bugloss cowslip1597 viper's bugloss1597 viper's herb1597 ribbie1607 lithospermon1646 wall bugloss1650 lady's glove1668 Venus's navelwort1678 spotted comfrey1688 cynogloss1705 Jerusalem sage1736 lawn1778 Mertensia1836 stickseed1843 Virginian cowslip1856 bluebell1858 gooseberry fool1858 Jerusalem cowslip1866 borage-wort1882 echium1883 rose noble1886 milksile- 1882 Garden 22 July 60/1 A morbid craze for Borage-worts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1475 |
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