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Definition of Simpling
1. the act of gathering medicinal plants [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Simpling
Literary usage of Simpling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ladies' Companion (1859)
"In these we trace the simpling voyages of the elder John to Egypt and the coast
of Barbary, and find him botanizing on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. ..."
2. Self-propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on the Theory, Construction by James Edward Homans (1907)
"In starting the engine, pressure on a foot pedal causes both cylinders to
receive "live steam" from the boiler. This operates the simpling device actuated ..."
3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1899)
"... and in the botanical literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries an
expedition in search of plants was frequently termed a ' simpling-voyage' ..."
4. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1861)
"A resolution was taken on setting out not to delay the walk by simpling, ...
This simpling—* culling of simples'—was an unscientific botany. ..."
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