Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrissel
Literary usage of Thrissel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"Bog thrissel," the C. Palustris. "Old Sandy Armstrong, a cunning buffoon, walking
in the woods at Capheaton, and laying his hands upon a large holly ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"thrissel-COCK, THROSTLE-COCK, the song thrush, Turdus musicus, L. Called also
grey bord and (on the Border) mavis. THRIVEN, well nourished. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"... or thrissel. A thistle. E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord., where several species are
included; Scotl. Jamieson. ... thrissel, Bur. See Bur Thistle. ..."
4. The Lost Beauties of the English Language: An Appeal to Authors, Poets by Charles Mackay (1874)
"... wrote, among other poems, the " thrissel and the Rose." This composition was
equally intelligible to the people of both countries. ..."
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