Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A name formerly given to several plants, as the comfrey, the daisy (Bellis perennis), the bugle (Ajuga reptans), and the wild larkspur (Delphinium Consolida).
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.
Etymologies
- Corrupted from French consoude, from Latin consolida comfrey (so called because supposed to have healing power). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“He names as the others “Mr. Longfellow, Mr. Emerson and Mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes—consound the lot!””
“This is Saracen's consound," he said, skillfully folding the gauze into a tidy square with the ends tucked in.”
“At the words "consound the lot," Twain had expected a peal of laughter, but to his amazement "the expression of interest in the faces turned to a sort of black frost.”
“Mr. Longfellow, Mr. Emerson, and Mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes-consound the lot!”
Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells.
“Mr. Longfellow, Mr. Emerson, and Mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes -- consound the lot!”
“_climax_ -- consound that word, I never did know what it meant -- to clap the climax, Ned sends for Gholson and gets Quinn to speak to him civilly -- aw, haw, haw!”
“Mr. Longfellow, Mr. Emerson and Mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes -- consound the lot!”
““Then consound it, we’ve fooled away all this work for nothing.”
“The miner replied with marked ill-humor that he had just got rid of three of them, "Mr. Longfellow, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes -- consound the lot ....”
“Mr. Emerson, and Mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes -- consound the lot! ”
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