HERBS
ADJECTIVES
► HERBULENT full of herbs or grass → 1656 obs.
► OLERACEOUS of the nature of a pot-herb (herb grown for cookery) or vegetable used in cookery; obtained from a pot-herb → a1682
► OLITORY pert. to pot-herbs or kitchen vegetables, or to the kitchen garden → 1658
► SIMPLISTIC pert. to a ‘simplist’ or to ‘simples’ → 1860
NOUNS
► OLERICULTURE the cultivation of pot-herbs or other esculent vegetables → 1888
► OLITORY 1. a pot-herb. a culinary vegetable → 1696 obs.
2. a kitchen-garden (herbs) → 1706 obs.
► ORCHARD a garden for herbs and fruit-trees → c1000 obs.
► SALADING herbs and vegetables for a salad → 1664
► SIMPLE a plant or herb employed for medical purposes; chiefly used in the plural → 1539 now arch.
► SIMPLING the gathering or study of ‘simples’ or medicinal plants → 1597 obs.
► WARMTH of herbs: aphrodisiac quality → 1697 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► DOCTOR LADY a woman skilled at voodoo, conjuration, or herbal medicine → 1938 Amer. dial.
► DOCTOR WOMAN a woman skilled at voodoo, conjuration, or herbal medicine → c1943 Amer. dial.
► GALENIST a physician that in his way of practice follows Galen’s method, esp. pert. to vegetable preparations, as distinguished from chemical remedies; a herb doctor → 1594
► GALENITE a physician that in his way of practice follows Galen’s method, esp. pert. to vegetable preparations, as distinguished from chemical remedies; a herb doctor → 1606 obs.
► HERBALIST 1. a dealer in medicinal herbs or simples; one who prepares or administers herbal remedies → 1592
2. one versed in the knowledge of herbs or plants; a collector of or writer on plants; a botanist; now used of the early botanical writers → 1594
► HERBARIAN one skilled in the knowledge of herbs → 1577 obs.
► HERBARIST one skilled in herbs; a herbalist → 1577 obs.
► HERBARY one skilled in herbs; a herbalist → 1548 obs.
► HERB-DOCTOR one who treats or cures ailments by means of herbs → 1854 Amer. dial.
► HERB-DOCTRESS one who treats or cures ailments by means of herbs → a1864 Amer. dial.
► HERBIST one skilled in herbs; a herbalist → 1611 obs.
► HERBISTER one skilled in herbs; a herbalist → 1623 Sc. obs.
► HERB-MAN a man who deals in herbs → 1580
► HERBOLOGIST a practitioner of herbal medicine; a herbalist → 1929 orig. & chiefly US
► HERBORIST one skilled in herbs; a herbalist → 1578
► HERBSTER a herb doctor → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HERB-WEEAN a woman who deals in ‘simples’ → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HERB-WIFE a woman who sells herbs → 1583
► HERB-WOMAN a woman who sells herbs → 1609
► KAIL-WIFE a woman who sells vegetables and herbs; a female greengrocer → a1779 Sc.
► SIMPLER one who collects or studies ‘simples’; a herbalist → 1591 now arch.
► SIMPLICIST one who has a knowledge of medical ‘simples’; a herbalist → 1594 obs.
► SIMPLIFIER a maker of ‘simples’ → 1594 obs.
► SIMPLIST one who studies ‘simples’ or medicinal plants; a herbalist → 1597
► YARBALIST a herbalist → 1879 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YARB-DOCTOR a herb-doctor → 1886 Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► YARBER a gatherer of herbs → 1875 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YARB WOMAN a woman who picks and sells herbs → 1992 Amer. South (Bk.)
► YERB-WEEAN the herb-woman or doctress → 1873 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YERB-WIFE a woman who collects herbs, mainly for medicinal purposes → 1925 Sc.
► YIRBALIST a seller of herbs; a herbalist → 1925 Sc.
► YIRB-WIFE an old woman skilled in the virtues of herbs → 1825 Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
► GO A SIMPLING ► GO SIMPLING to seek or gather ‘simples’ or medicinal herbs → 1648 now arch.
► SIMPLE to seek for or gather ‘simples’ or medicinal herbs → 1643 now arch.
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