10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLAWORT»
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1
The Scottish Ballads; Collected and Illustrated
Your goun sall be o' the sweet william ; Your coat o' the cammovine ; Your apron
o' the seel o' downs: Come, smile, sweetheart o' mine ! Yourgloves shall be o' the
green clover, All glitterin to your hand; Weil spread ower wi' the blue blawort, ...
2
Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
S. BLAWORT, s. The Blue bottle; Centaurea cyanus, Linn. ; S. Witch-bells; also,
Thumbks, S. B. See Sup. Ure, in his Hist, of Rutherglen, gives a different account
of this plant. " Campanula rotundifolia, Round-leav'd Bell-flower. Bla- wart, Scotis
...
3
A history of Coldingham priory
Corn Chamomile. It occurs naturalized at Chirnside bridge, where it was planted
some years ago by the late Mr. Blackadder. Centaurea cyanus. Blue-bottle, or
Blawort. A plant now much less frequently met with in our corn fields than
formerly.
Alexander Allan Carr, 1836
4
General report of the agricultural state, and political ...
... Goul, or Guild, Chrysanthemum segetum. This weed was formerly considered
so pernicious, that a statute of Alex. II, was directed against it *. Blawort or
Bluebottle, Centaurea cvanus. Corn-feverfew or dog's chamomile, Pyrethrum
inodorum ...
Board of Agriculture (Great Britain), Sir John Sinclair, 1814
5
The poetical works of Robert Fergusson, with biogr intr., ...
Blawort, the blue-bottle. Bleer-e'ed, having the eyes dim with water or rheum.
Blink, a smiling glance. Bleezin, blazing. Blinkin, the flame rising and falling, as of
a lamp when the oil is exhausted. Blobs, blotches. Blude, blood. Blue-gown, one
of ...
Robert Fergusson, Robert Ford, 1773
6
An etmological dictionary of the scottish language
BLAWN COD, a split cod, half-dried, Ang.; so denominated, perhaps, because
exposed for some time to the wind. BLAWORT, s. The Blue bottle; Cen- taurea
cyanus, Linn., S. Witch-bells, also Thumbles, S.B. Neill. From bla, livid, q. v. and
wort, ...
7
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
BLAWN COD, a split cod, half-dried, Ang.; so denominated, perhaps, because
exposed for some time to the wind. BLAWORT, s. The Blue bottle ; Cen- taurea
cyanus, Linn., S. Witch-bells, also Thumbles, S.B. NaU. From bla, livid, q. v. and
wort, ...
Can it he for the puir body M'Durk's health to major about in the tartans like a
tobacconist's sign in a frosty morning, wi' his poor wizzened houghs as blue as a
blawort ? — weel I wot he is a humbling spectacle. Or can it gie onybody health
or ...
9
A Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed
Hab. Pastures and road-sides. July, Aug, If. 2. C. Cyanus, leaves linear-
lanceolate, entire, lower ones toothed towards their base ; calyx-scales serrated ;
flowers sky- blue. Corn Slue-bottle, or Blawort. Hab. Corn-fields not uncommon.
July, Aug ...
10
A History of Coldingham Priory: Containing a Survey of the ...
Corn Chamomile, It occurs naturalized at Chirnside bridge, where it was planted
some years ago by the late Mr. Blackadder. Centaurea cyanus. Blue-bottle, or
Blawort. A plant now much less frequently met with in our corn fields than
formerly.
Alexander William Carr, 1836
