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A DICTIONARY OF 
Ellis ; by wbom a large variety is called Gorethetch.. Oxf. Hal. ; 
West, Pulman; Wore. 
(2) Vida sepium, L. — Bucks. 
(3) Lathy rus macrorrhizus, Wimm. — Bucks. 
Thetcli-grass, Wild. (1) Vida Cracca,lj.] (2) V. hirsuta, Koch.; 
Ellis, Modern Husbandman. 
Thethorne. See Thief. 
Theve-Thorn. See Thief. 
Thickening Grass. See Grass, Thickening. 
Thief. Rulus fruticosus, L. — Leic. E. D. S. Gloss. In Wycliffe’s 
Bible (Judg. ix. 14; Ps. Ivii. 10) is Theve-thorn, by v’hich name 
Prior (p. 232) understands E. ccesius, L. : ve think it more hkely that 
E. fruticosus was meant. Cfr. Lawyers. Hal. quotes from Pr. Parv. 
‘ Thethorne tre, Eamnus.' 
Thimble. (1) Digitalis purpurea, L. — Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8 ; 
Ireland (Co. Waterford). 
(2) Silene maritima, L. — E, Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
Thimble, Fairy. Digitalis purpurea, L. — Camb. ; N. Ess.; Norf. 
Thimble, Lady’s. See Lady’s Thimble. 
Thimble, Witches. See Witches’ Thimble. 
Thiretelle. ‘The herb apium risusl Hal. Wr. Ranunculus 
sceleratus, L. 
Thirlstane Grass. See Grass, Thirlstane. Prior (p. 206) has 
Thirlestane. 
Thistle. (1) The general name for the genus Car duns. In Leic. 
Tistle, E. D. S. Gloss. 
(2) Arctium Lappa, L. — Dev., ‘sometimes so called by mistake.’ 
Friend. Prior, p. 233. 
See under their respective headings 'Argentine Thistle, Asses’ 
Thistle, Ball Thistle, Bank Thistle, Barnaby’s Thistle, Bell 
Thistle (in Appendix), Bird Thistle, Blessed Thistle, Blue This- 
tle, Boar Thistle, Bow Thistle, Buck Thistle, Bull Thistle, 
Bur Thistle, Garde Thistle, Carline Thistle, Corn Thistle, Cot- 
ton Thistle, Cursed Thistle, Dog Thistle, Fuller’s Thistle, 
Gentle Thistle, Hare’s Thistle, Horse Thistle, Hundred headed 
Thistle, Hundred Thistle, Lady’s Thistle, Melancholy Thistle, 
Milk Thistle, Musk Thistle, Oat Thistle, Pricky Thistle (in 
Appendix), Gueen Ann’s Thistle, Red Thistle (Appx.), Scotch 
Thistle, Sharp Thistle, Silver Thistle, Sow Thistle, Star Thistle, 
Swine Thistle, Virgin Mary’s Thistle, Water Thistle, Watling 
Street Thistle, Wavy Thistle, Wool Thistle. 
Thistle Hemp. ‘A kind of early hemp.’ Hal. Wr. Cannabis 
saliva , L. 
Thlaspi. Given by Lyte as an English name of Lepidium cam- 
pestre, L. 
