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such as imply lowliness and subservience, Go. f>wan, to 

 subject, pivi, a female slave, etc. (See Diefenbach, Lex. 

 comp. ii. 708.) In this view of it Theve-thorn or Theue- 

 thorn, as we find it printed, will be the parent of Dew-berry 

 rather than of Thape, and I have no hesitation in referring 

 it to that species. Kubus csesius, L. 



THISTLE, A.S. pistel, from pydan, stab, and the same 

 word essentially in all the kindred languages. 



BLESSED-, from its use against venom, 



Carduus benedictus, L. 



CARLINE-, from its curing Charlemagne's army 

 of a pestilence, Carlina vulgaris, L. 



CORN-, or WAY-, from its growing in fields, 

 Serratula arvensis, L. 



COTTON-, from its cottony white stems and 

 leaves, Onopordon Acanthium, L. 



,, FULLER'S-, from its use in dressing cloth, 



Dipsacus Fullonum, L. 



,, GENTLE-, from its comparatively soft, unarmed, 

 and inoffensive character, Carduus Anglicus, L. 



,, HOLY-, Carduus benedictus, L. 



MELANCHOLY-, from its use in hypochondria, 

 Carduus heterophyllus, L. 

 MUSK-, from the scent of its flowers, 



Carduus nutans, L. 

 OUR LADY'S-, from being dyed with her milk, 



Carduus Marianus, L. 

 ST. BARNABY'S-, from its season of flowering, 



Centaurea solstitialis, L. 

 SCOTCH-, as being the badge of Scotland, 



Onopordon Acanthium, and Carduus nutans, L. 

 Sow-, a mistake of its A.S. name/w/este/, 



Sonchus oleraceus, L. 

 STAR-, from its star-shaped involucre, 



Centaurea Calcitrapa, L. 



