borith
bōrith =,
- a plant purifying like soap, soapwort (herbe savonnière, Jarchi Malach. 3, 2; cf. Ges. and Robinson's Heb. Lex. under ), Vulg. Jer. 2, 22, and Mal. 3, 2.
borith, indecl. n. (תירב), Seifenkraut, Vulg. Ierem. 2, 22 u.a.
vorith erba est. de ipsa panes faciunt quos ‘erbaticas’ appellant et siccant illos, habentque pro †sapore [l. sapone ]
borith, erba fullonum,leaðorwyrt
herbam quandam [? figwort ] que juxta rivulos et in aquosis locis nascitur, hanc poete †electrim vocant, phisici boricam
planta que dicitur boriza et est similis majorane
borith, herba saponaria seu herba fullonis ‥ i. nepta
borax vel borith, herba fullonum, saponaria idem, A.crowesoppe ; ‥ †nonaclum [l. novaculum ] cirurgie, lanceolata aquatica idem, A.sperewort [? water-plantain ]
borith, indécl., n. , saponaire [plante] : Vulg. Jer. 2, 22.
Si laveris te nitro, et multiplicaveris tibi herbam Borith, maculata es in iniquitate tua coram me, dicit Dominus.Radix Hebraicum
Barar, Mundare, purgare. Vide Panis herbaticus.
Falconet, Jo. Mich. Langius lib. de Herba
Borith, et Ola. Rudbeck. fil. qui contendit nec herbam nec saponem esse, sed sanguinem conchylii, purpuram scilicet, in Act. liter. Suecic. ann. 1700. et 1722.