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A DICTIONARY OF 
Agrimony, Wild, Potentilla anser'ma, L. — Lyte. 
Agriot, ‘ a tart cherry. Howell.’ — Hal. Wr. Cf. Fr. aigre, Eng. 
eager = tart. 
[Agrippa, ‘ apparently the name of a herb. It is mentioned in a 
recipe for the stone in MS. Line. Med., f. 298.’ — Hal. See Accripe.] 
Ague-tree, ‘ the sassafras. Gerard.’ — Hal. Wr. 
Agworm-flower, Stellaria Holostea, L. — Yks. (Brandsby.) An 
equivalent of Snake-flower (which see), Agworm or Hagworm being 
the N. Country name for a snake or adder (see E. D. S. Gloss. B. 1, 
2 , 7 ). 
A-liundred-fald, Galium veriim, L. — E. Bord. ‘ As the flowers are 
exceedingly numerous and clustered, our common people call the 
plant AGiundred-faldJ — Bot. E. Bord., p. 100. 
Aigreen, Hal. Wr. See Aye-green. 
Aik, or Aik-tree, gjl. Akis, an oak. North. Hal. Scotl. Jamieson; 
Bot. E. B. Hence aiken, oaken. — Jamieson. 
Aikraw, Stictina scrohiculata, Scop. — S. Scotl. Jamieson. 
Ail-weed, Cuscuta TrifoUi, Bab. — N. Bucks. See Hellweed. 
Air-bell, a book-name for Campanula rohindifolia, L. See Harebell. 
Airess, or Aress, Galium Aparine, L. — See Harif. Yks. (Wakefield.) 
Air-grass, a book-name for the genus Aira, apparently a modification 
of the generic name : or it may be a misspelling of Hair- grass, 
which see. 
Airif, Galium Aparine, L. — Line. See Harif. 
Airup, Galium Aparine, L. — Yks. See Harif. 
Aischen, Fraxinus excelsior, L. — Inverness. 
Aise, NAgopodium Podagraria, L. — Sfeinner. Hal. Wr. See Ashweed. 
Aiseweed, Aisheweed, or Ayshweed, uEgopodium Podagraria, L. — 
Lyte. See Ashweed. Prior, p. 11. 
Aishen-tree, Fraxinus excelsior, L. — Dors. 
Aiten, Juniperus communis, L. — Scotl. (Braemar.) 
Aitnach, Juniperus communis, L. — Ba7iff. Phyt. vi. 274, n.s. 
Moray. El. M. 
Aits, oats. Noidh. Hal. Scotl. Jamieson. 
Aits, Wild, Arena fatua, L. — Scotl. Jamieson. 
Ait-skeiters, Angelica sylvestris, L. — Moray, El. M. Anglice oat 
shooters; children shoot oats through the hollow stems as peas are 
shot through a pea-shooter. See Bear-skeiters. 
Aivern, or Aiverin, Bubus Chamcemorus, L. — Moray, El. M. ; 
J amieson. 
Akcorn, an acorn. ‘ Akcorns for hunger ete he.’ MS. Cantab. Ef. 
ii. 38, f. 131. Hal. 
