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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A common name for species of the genus Eryngium, especially for E. maritimum, which is found in Great Britain on sandy seashores. Its roots were formerly candied as a sweetmeat, and were believed to possess strong aphrodisiac properties.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The sea holly. See eryngo.

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  • noun Alternative form of eryngo.

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  • noun any plant of the genus Eryngium

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Examples

  • Buonespoir to take the oath, he failed to appear; and the next morning the Seigneur of St. Ouen's discovered that during the night his cellar had been raided of two kegs of canary, many flagons of muscadella, pots of anchovies and boxes of candied "eringo," kept solely for the visit which the Queen had promised the island.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Buonespoir to take the oath, he failed to appear; and the next morning the Seigneur of St. Ouen's discovered that during the night his cellar had been raided of two kegs of canary, many flagons of muscadella, pots of anchovies and boxes of candied "eringo," kept solely for the visit which the Queen had promised the island.

    Michel and Angele — Volume 1 Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Buonespoir to take the oath, he failed to appear; and the next morning the Seigneur of St. Ouen's discovered that during the night his cellar had been raided of two kegs of canary, many flagons of muscadella, pots of anchovies and boxes of candied "eringo," kept solely for the visit which the Queen had promised the island.

    Michel and Angele — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Suppose a herd of goats were all scampering as if the devil drove them, do but put a bit of eringo into the mouth of the hindmost nanny, and they will all stop stock still in the time you can tell three.

    Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

  • Suppose a herd of goats were all scampering as if the devil drove them, do but put a bit of eringo into the mouth of the hindmost nanny, and they will all stop stock still in the time you can tell three.

    Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

  • Again, when a she-goat takes a bit of eringo into her mouth, why do the whole herd stand still, till the goatherd comes up and takes it out of her mouth?

    Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

  • Take of sago, tapioca, eringo root, and hartshorn shavings, of each one ounce; and boil the whole in three pints of water until reduced to one pint, stirring all the time; then strain the jelly through a muslin into

    A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes Charles Elm�� Francatelli

  • On the other hand, those males, now nowhere to be found, are plentiful later, in September, along the borders of the paths, on the close-set flowers of the eringo.

    Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

  • -- Alexander; angelica; asparagus; beet; betony, bittersweet; bluebottle; borage; coltsfoot; elecampane; eringo; fennel; fern; galingale; horse-radish; marshmallow; nettle (red); orris; parsley; scabious; sorrel; strawberry; succory; thyme (wild); tormentilla.

    The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened Kenelm Digby 1634

  • Suppose a herd of goats were all scampering as if the devil drove them, do but put a bit of eringo into the mouth of the hindmost nanny, and they will all stop stock still in the time you can tell three.

    Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518

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