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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The popular name of several plants of the natural order Labiatæ. The common or white hoarhound, Marrubium vulgare. It grows in waste places and by way-sides, and is distribnted throughout Europe and northern Asia, and naturalized in North America. It is an erect branched herb, covered throughout with cottony white hairs; the flowers are small and almost white, crowded in the axils of the leaves; the smell is aromatic and the flavor bitter. It is much used as a remedy for coughs and throat-troubles.
- n. The black or stinking hoarhound, Ballota nigra, a common European weed in waste places near towns and villages. The flowers are purple, and the whole plant is fetid and unattractive.
- n. The water-hoarhound, one of various species of Lycopus, particularly L. Europæus, a native of Europe.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of horehound.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Same as horehound.
Examples
“The numerous branching, erect stems and the almost square, toothed, grayish-green leaves are covered with a down from which the common name hoarhound is derived.”
Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses
“The plant, commonly called hoarhound, is said to afford a certain cure.”
Confederate Receipt Book: A Compilation of over One Hundred Receipts, Adapted to the Times
“I'm goin 'to fix her up some hoarhound an' elecampane quick 's the ground's nice an 'warm an' roots livens up a grain more.”
“It was a good little gate of white oak slats, built to last, like the old walk of limestone stepping-stones half buried in the sod, bordered with clumps of tansy and catnip and hoarhound, brightened by a great bunch of yellow chrysanthemums, so sheltered here on the southern slope that they were blooming still, like the artichokes that grew higher than her head by a porch corner.”
“The large loaves of bread were put in an unused bed in the place of bolsters; money, when there was any on hand, was rolled up in a strip of cotton which was tied as a string around a bunch of hoarhound that hung on a nail in the kitchen ceiling; the chickens were reared in a thicket some distance from the house, and, being fed there, seldom left it.”
“Put a tablespoonful of dried hoarhound leaves in a cup and pour over them half a cupful of boiling water, cover and let it steep until cold, strain and pour it over a pound of granulated sugar and a tablespoonful of vinegar.”
“Dey dosed 'em up wid oil and turpentine and give 'em teas made out of hoarhound for some mis'ries and bone-set for other troubles.”
“I don't know nothing about no herbs, they used for diseases; only boneset and hoarhound tea for colds and croup.”
“-- Put 1 quart hoarhound to 1 quart water, and boil it down to a pint; add two or three sticks of licorice and a tablespoonful of essence of lemon.”
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889
“Take of hoarhound, 1 quart; water 1 quart; mix and boil down to a pint; then add two or three sticks of liquorice and a tablespoonful of essence of lemon; dose, a tablespoonful three times a day, or as often as the cough is troublesome.”
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