单词 | trumpetkeck |
释义 | > as lemmastrumpet-keck Any of the large Umbelliferæ, or their hollow stems: = kex n. broad-leaved keck, the Cow Parsnip ( Heracleum sphondylium); trumpet-keck, ? Wild Angelica. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > an umbellifer > with a hollow stalk kex1578 kecka1624 a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 234 The old man threw a dart; it had been as good he had thrown a kecke or a straw. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Kecks, dry Stalks. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 100 Half hid in meadow-sweet and keck's high flowers. 1827 J. Clare Last of Autumn in Shepherd's Cal. xi Trumpet-kecks..Whose hollow stalks inspired such eager joy. 1880 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Kelk. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire As dry as a keck. trumpet-keck trumpet-keck n. (see keck n.). < as lemmas |
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