Burstwort
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Rupturewort, Herniaria glabra. obsolete, uncountable, usually
"For some ordinary broths made of Eringos or Sea-Holme, and Burstwort, which twice or thrice I have swallowed downe at the request of some Ladies, who, more kindely then my disease is unkind, offred me the moity of theirs, have equally seemed unto me as easie to take as unprofitable in operation."
Example
More examples"For some ordinary broths made of Eringos or Sea-Holme, and Burstwort, which twice or thrice I have swallowed downe at the request of some Ladies, who, more kindely then my disease is unkind, offred me the moity of theirs, have equally seemed unto me as easie to take as unprofitable in operation."
Etymology
From burst + wort.
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