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spurgia

spurgia [AN spurge, espurge, ME spurge], (bot.) kind of spurge (Euphorbia) with purgative and medicinal qualities. 12‥ ~ia, i. spurga, i. †guwcorn [l. guþcorn] WW; corvus accepit cepe et ~iam et simul distemperavit et posuit in oculis aquile O. Cheriton Fab. 29 (cf. J. Sheppey Fab. 39: spurgeam); accipe ‥ lac laureole vel ~ie et locus fricatur Gad. 85v. 2; spurga ‥ G. et A. spurge Alph. 9 (v. anabulla); cathapucia, semen ~ie SB 14; 14‥ ~ia, i. anabulla ‥ quod A. clensynggras vel spurge MS BL Sloane 405 f. 16v; hec ~ia, a sporge WW.

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