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A DICTIONARY OF 
The named varieties of wheat are very numerous ; the following are 
amongst the most distinctive and important. Bearded Wheat, 
called also Clog Wheat {E. Anglia, Forby), Cone Wheat (very 
generally), and Durgan Wheat [Kent, Hal.); Red Wheat, called 
also Duck Wheat [Kent, Hal. Wr.) ; White Wheat (the two latter 
kinds from the colour of the grain) ; Spring Wheat, also called by 
Lyte March Wheat and Summer Wheat ; Winter Wheat ; 
Egyptian Wheat [Triticum compositum, L.); Spelt Wheat [T. 
Spelta, L.). See also Black Corn, Block Wheat, Buck Wheat, 
Cow Wheat, Duck Wheat, Durgan Wheat, French Wheat, 
Indian Wheat. 
Wheat Barley. See Barley, Bare. 
Wheat-bennet. At Hendon, Hiddx., ‘they have .... the Wheat- 
bennet, which, when ripe, shews their grass is fit to mow, and this is 
a Rule they often go by.’ W. Ellis, Modern Husbandman, vol. iv. 
pt. 2, p. 77 (1750). This grass we cannot identify. 
Wheat Bine. Convolvulus arvensis, L. — Harts. 
Whicken. Pijrus Aucuparia, Gaertn. — Hal. Yls. (Craven) Holl* 
Hallamsh. Gloss. Ger. has Whicken-tree. 
Wbickenins. Triticum repens, L. — Cumh. (Winderwath). 
Whickens, or Wickens. Triticum repens, L. — Durli. ; Yks. (Cleve- 
land Gloss.). 
Whicks, or Wicks. (1) Triticum repens, L. — Cunih. E. L. Linton 
(spelt Whicks); A- IF. Line., E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 6; North, Hal. ; 
Yhs. (Wakefield. Hallamsh. Gloss.), (E), E. D. S. Gloss. B. 2, 
(Holderness) E. D. S. Gloss. C. 7. 
(2) Agrostis, various species, Yks., also Wickens. 
(3) Thorn plants for hedges. Crataegus Oxyncantha, L. — Ches. Hal. 
Whimberries. Bilberries. Lane. Hal. Prior, p. 248. 
Whin, or Whins. (1) Ulex europmis, L., and U. nanus, Eorst. 
Lyte. E. Anglia, Forby; Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. 0. 8 ; N.-W. Line., 
E. D. S. Gloss. C. 6 ; North, E. D. S. Gloss. B. 1 ; Nhumh. (flowers 
Whin-bloom) ; Var. dial. Hal. ; Siif. ; Yks. (or Whin-bush), (E), 
E. D. S. Gloss. B. 2; (W. Biding)' E. 1). S. Gloss. B. 7; (Swale- 
dale) E. D. S. Gloss. C. 1 ; (Whitby) E. D. S. Gloss. C. 4. K Lord. 
Bot. E. Bord. ; Ayrsh.; Dumfriessh. ; Inver nessh. ; Moray; Irel. 
(Antrim, Down), also Whims. Hal. has ‘ }yhincow, a bush of furze,’ 
Fermanagh. Prior, p. 248. 
(2) Ononis arvensis, L. — ‘Anonis is called in Cambrygeshire a 
ivhyne.' Turn. Lib. See Cammock Whin, Cat Whin, Heather 
Whin, Lady Whin, Land Whin, Moor Whin, Moss Whin, 
Needle Whin, Petty Whin. 
Whin-berry. A common name for Vaccinium My rt Ulus, L. — Prior, 
p. 248. 
Whin-wrack. Holcus mollis, L. — E. Bord. So called ‘because it 
is found to occupy places where whins have been removed.’ Bot. E. 
Bord. p. 215. 
