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A DICTIONARY OF 
Eg’g’S and Collops. Linaria vulgaris, Mill. — North, Hal. Wr. ; the 
term is also applied to fried eggs and bacon. Lane. E. D. S. Lane. 
Gloss. 
Eglantine. ‘A name that has been the subject of much discussion, 
both as to its exact meaning, and as to the shrub to which it belongs.^ 
— Prior, p. 70. The Eglantine of the Grete Herball, Lyte, Gerard, 
and Parkinson, was, however, no doubt Rosa ruhiginosa, L., the shrub 
now usually so called; and Turner (Names) probably has the same 
shrub in view when he says ‘ Cynorrhodus, named of the latines Rosa 
canina, is called in englishe a swete brere or an Eglentyne.’’ Prior 
says, ‘ In Gerard and the herbalists it was a shrub with white flowers 
that was meant; ’ but Gerard (p. 1269) only describes the blossoms as 
‘ most commonly whitish, seldom tending to purple ; ’ while Parkinson 
(Parad. 419) calls them ‘ small single blush roses.’ Dr. Prior adds : 
‘Milton in the expression “twisted eglantine'''^ is supposed to have 
meant the woodbine’ {Lonicera Peridymenum), which is still known 
as eglantine in N.E. Yks. Hal. says the name was occasionally given 
to the wild rose. 
Eglentere. ‘Eglantine.’ — Chaucer, Hal. Wr. Rosa ruhiginosa, L. 
Eglet, Egglet. Fruit of Cratcegus Oxyacantlia, L. — Cornw., Dev. 
Egremoine. Agrimonia Eupatoria, L. — A.-N. Hal. Wr. In Cumh. 
it is still called Eggremunny. 
Egremounde. Agrimonia Eupatoria, L. — A.-N. Hal. Wr. 
Egyptian Eose. (1) Scahiosa arvensis, L. — Wight, FI. Vect. 
(2) Scahiosa afropurpurea, L. — Wight, Phyt. iii. 430. 
Egyptian Thorn. Crataegus Pyracantha, Pers. — dies. 
Eike Tree, or Eke- tree (Turn. Names). Quercus Rohurr, L. — • 
North, Turn. Herb. ; Yks. Hal. Wr. 
Eileber. Alii aria officinalis, Andrzj. — Ger. Appx. Hal. Wr. 
lisch-Keys. The fruit of Fraxinus excelsior, L. — A.-S. ce-sc, ash ; 
esch key. Prompt. Parv. N. and Mid-Lane. ‘ Let’s ga an’ gedder some 
eisch-keys an’ lake at conquerors.’ — E. D. S. Lane. Gloss. 
Eker. ‘Water cresses.’ — A.S. Hal. Wr. Nasturtium officinale, Yv. 
Elbowit Grass. Alopecurus geniculatus, L. — Lanarks. Jamieson. 
From its stems, which bend at the joints. 
Elden. See Eldin. 
Elden-dockin. See Eldin-docken. 
Elder (in Turn. Lib. Elder Tree). The usual name for Samhucus 
nigra, L. — Turner, Lyte, &c. Prior, p. 71. In some old writers the 
names Elder and Alder, like Eller and Aller, are used interchange- 
ably; thus Dodoens (Cruydtboek, p. 1312) says of Alnus glutinosa, 
‘In Enghelandt A/Jer ende Elderd Holme (ii. 81), referring to the 
fruit of Samhucus nigra, says, ‘ the Alder-herries are black and grow 
in umbels,’ while at p. 72, after writing a description of the Samhucus, 
and speaking of its branches as A/der-branches, he adds, ‘ some 
