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A DICTIONARY OF 
Auld-wife-liuid. Aconitum Napellus, L. — Curnhcl. (Winderwatli). 
See Monkshood. 
Auld-wives-tongues. Popuhis tremula, L. — Roxh. (Kelso). Science 
Gossip, 1876, p. 39. ‘This tree,’ says Ger. (p. 1303), ‘is the matter 
whereof women’s toongs were made, as the poets and some others 
report, which seldome cease wagging.’ 
Aulne. Alnus glutinosa, L. — Cotgrave. 
Aum, or Aum-tree ; in Bayley’s Diet. (1724) Aulm-tree. Ulmus 
campestris, L. — North, Brocket!, Hal. Cumb. Nhumb. Grose, Wr. 
YJes. 
Ausier, an osier. — E. Angl. Forby. Siiff. Hal. 
Auteose. 
‘ The flowre is of a gode lose [is worthy of praise] 
That men calleth auteose.’’ — Eeliq. Antiq., i. 195. Hal, 
Autumn bellflower, or violet. Gentiana Pneumonantlie, L. Lyte. 
— Prior, p. 12, gives Autumn-bells. 
Autumn Crocus. Colchicum autumnale, L. — Warw. 
Avance. Geum urbanum, L., ‘in Topsell and Askhani ’ (Prior). — Eay 
(Cat. PI. Ang.) says, ‘ Sanamnnda vulgo, Barbaris Avancia.’ See 
Avens. Hal. and Wr. say, ‘ The herb barefoot,’ though G. urbanum 
does not seem to have been known under that name. See Prompt. 
Parv. p. 17. 
Avant-peach, ‘ an early kind of peach. Skinner.’ — Hal. 
Ave grace. Ruta graveolens, L. — ‘ It is to this day called Ave grace 
in Sussex, in allusion doubtless to Ave Maria gratia plena .\\) Lou- 
don, Arboretum, i. 485. See Herb Grace. 
Avens, in Prompt. Parv. Avence, in Turn. Karnes Avennes. ‘ A 
word of obscure origin and quite unintelligible.’ See Avance. Prior, 
p. 13. 
Avens, City, or Wood. Geum urbanum, L. 
Avens, Drooping, or Water. Geum rivale, L. 
Avens, Mountain. Dryas octopetala, L. 
Averill. Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. — Holme, ii. 66. 
Averin, or Averen. See Aiverin. 
Averoyne (Fr. auronne, Lat. abrotanum). Artemisia Abrotanum, L. 
(A. N.) Wr. Prior, p. 13. 
Awbel, probably Populus alba, L. — Pr. Parv. (which see). Hal. Wr. 
Aw’food [Half-wood]. Solanum Dulcamara, L. — Wore. 
Awl-wort (Lat.), a book-name for Subularia aquatica, L. — Prior, 
p. 13. 
Awts, oats. — Lane. Hal. Wr. 
Axe, Flower of the. A name applied by the country-people about 
Axminster [Dev.) to the rare Lobelia urens, L., which is found in 
