THISTLE
ADJECTIVES
1804 abounding in thistles; bristly ► → THRISSLY → THRISTLY → Sc.
NOUNS
1388 ► a thistle → CARDUE → obs.
1425 ► a thistle → CARDOUN → obs.
1786 ► a thistle → THRISSLE → THRISTLE → THRUSSEL → THRUSTLE → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1794 ► the feathery puppus of the seeds of the thistle, dandelion, etc. → EGRET
1816 ► the thistle → DISELL → DISLE → DISSEL
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