stave-acre
noun1
A medicinal herb, Staphis agria.
- Th' infectious scab, arising from extremes Of want or surfeit, is by water cur'd Of lime, or sodden stave-acre, or oil Dispersive of Norwegian tar, renown'd By virtuous Berkeley.=1810, Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson, The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper:
- Stonehenge recommends an ointment made of 2 oz. finely powdered stave-acre to lb. lard; it should be well rubbed in several times a day.1920, John Boyd Cramsie, Management and Diseases of Sheep in Australia, page 10:
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Alternative Alternative form of starve-acre.
- Thus, any weeds or rubbish of lesser bulk than the grain will go through the sieve ; and wild oats, shepherd's needles, stave-acre, with all other light weeds and sprouted grains, may be taken off the top of the corn in the sieve ;1818, The Farmer's Magazine - Volume 19: