Pedigree: Essays on the Etymology of Words from NatureCollins, 1973 - 320 من الصفحات |
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... called dog's - banes . In West Somerset a chervil has been called rat's - bane . A pertinaceous pest in southern English gardens is ground - elder . But in mediaeval times , when the names of plants were forming , there were few ' weeds ...
... called dog's - banes . In West Somerset a chervil has been called rat's - bane . A pertinaceous pest in southern English gardens is ground - elder . But in mediaeval times , when the names of plants were forming , there were few ' weeds ...
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... called lūteum , ' yellow ' , in human anatomy as well . Galen noted and enjoyed the ( L. ) maximum mirabile , as he called it , of the breaking - up , within the skull , of the internal carotid artery into a net - like pattern or plexus ...
... called lūteum , ' yellow ' , in human anatomy as well . Galen noted and enjoyed the ( L. ) maximum mirabile , as he called it , of the breaking - up , within the skull , of the internal carotid artery into a net - like pattern or plexus ...
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... called from the shape of its jaw , as Norwegian hakefisk is used for the salmon ) . The original meaning of fang , something to seize with , literally ' a seizing ' , is revealed when we come across the word used in dialect as a verb ...
... called from the shape of its jaw , as Norwegian hakefisk is used for the salmon ) . The original meaning of fang , something to seize with , literally ' a seizing ' , is revealed when we come across the word used in dialect as a verb ...
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16th century adjective ancient animal appears Arabic Aryans became Bible bird bird-names bird's borrowed Britain British called Celtic chaffinch Chapter Chaucer chough cock cognate colour common connected corruption crane denote derived dialect Dictionary diminutive Domesday Book dotterel duck Dutch earlier early England English epithet equivalent etymology fact folk-etymology French genus Germanic languages gives Greek habit heron horse human imitative implies Indo-European instance Italian language lapwing lark Late Latin later Linnaeus Low German Max Müller meaning meant mediaeval Middle Dutch Middle English Natural History nature-words Norse older onomatopoetic origin Parlement of Foules perhaps place-names plant primitive probably provincial name reference represents Roman root Sanskrit Saxon says Scandinavian seems seen sense Shakespeare sound Spanish species speech spelling spelt stem suggest swan Swedish syllable tongue traced tree Turner verb Welsh whence whimbrel wild Willughby woodpecker word wren yellow