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A DICTIONARY OF 
Aitnach. add The berries are called Aitnachs in N. Scotland. 
See also Etnagh-berries. 
Akers. Acorns. N. Hants, E. D. S. Gloss. 
Akkern. add W. Wore., where ‘ Sound as an alckern ’ is a local 
proverb. 
Alder, Death. See Death Alder.* 
Algar. ‘That useless Sea-Weed, called Algar! Childrey, Britannia 
Baconica (1661), 27. Probably used for sea-weeds in general, like the 
Latin Alga. 
Alick (a contraction of Alexanders) Smyrnium Olusatrum, L. — 
Kent (Dover ; where our informant writes ‘ men, women and children, 
sailors and country-folk, all call it by one name — AUcK). 
Aligopane. (A Scottish corruption of Elecampane), Inula Helenium, 
L. — Jolly, Life of John Duncan, 250. 
Aller. add Dev. El. Plymouth. 
Aller, Black, add (2) Ainas glutinosa, L. — Som. ‘ Often so 
called to distinguish it from the Whit- Aller or Elder.’ Mr. 
Elworthy. 
All-heal. (1) add ‘Take the Flowers and Stems of the herb All- 
heal (the flowers are white and very small).’ Bradley, Earn. Diet. 
1725, s. V. Cancer. 
All-heart. Ulmus suherosa, Ehrh. ‘ The Elme .... is called of 
some AllliearV Maplet, Greene Forest, 416 (1567). 
Allom-tree. Ulmus campestris, L. — ‘ The juice of the bark of this 
tree is extracted by boiling it, and applied to sprained limbs.’ Mac- 
taggart, Scottish Gallov. Encycl. 
Amber, add (2) Hypericum Androscemum, L. — S. Kent. ‘ Because 
of its smell.’ 
Ambrose. Following Dr. Prior, and, like him, led astray by the 
varying use of the Lat. Ambrosia, we have assigned this name to 
Chenopodium Botrys, L. — But in Lyte and Turn. Names there can be 
no doubt that Teucrium Scorodonia, L., is meant. The former says, 
‘ It is called in English Wood Sage, Wilde Sage, and Amhros.’ We 
do not And that Ambrose as an English name was ever applied 
otherwise. 
American Lilac. Centranthus ruber, DC. Dev. Friend. 
American Waterweed. add Glou. 
Amouret. Briza media, L. — ‘ Each squamose head resembling those 
of the common Amourets.^ Petiver in Phil. Trans, xxiii. 1257 (1702). 
Anise, add (3) Koniga maritima, Br. Dev. Friend. 
Anthill Grass, add W. Ellis (Modern Husbandman, vol. i. pt. 
i. 43) says, ‘ Anthill Grass is certainly an unwholesome sort, made so 
by the .... dung of the ants.’ It is not quite clear, however, 
whether any species in particular is intended. 
