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Definition of Setterwort
1. Noun. Digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally.
Definition of Setterwort
1. n. The bear's-foot (Helleborus fœtidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots.
Definition of Setterwort
1. Noun. The bear's-foot (''Helleborus foetidus''). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Setterwort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Setterwort
Literary usage of Setterwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are by David Booth (1836)
"The SETTER is equivalent to a Seton, but is said of cattle only, and is usually
inserted in the dewlap. In old herbals setterwort was also called ..."
2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1903)
"Its rarer and more striking relative, the stinking hellebore, sometimes known as
bear's-foot and setterwort, also manages to maintain a position in its old ..."
3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1899)
"Its name, ' setterwort,' reveals a curious use once made of it. ' Husbandmen,'
writes old Gerarde, ' are wont to make a hole, and put a piece ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"... which some call pegging, some Bettering, and therefore the plant is by some
called setterwort.' Coles, A. in E., p. 110. Also called Setter (AV/. ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"See setterwort. Grass, Shaking. Brim media, L.—Sal. Grass, Shave. The various
species of Equisetum, L.—Lyte. Ger. restricts the name to E. hyemale, L., ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1907)
"sunshine is found ш certain old-established clumps of setterwort or stinking
hellebore. Starting with the first indication of a stronger sun. and scarcely ..."
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