darnel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of darnel
1275–1325; Middle English; compare French (Walloon) darnelle, probably < Germanic
Example Sentences
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The darnel is permitted to grow in summer, and in harvest is cast into the fire,—both for the sake of the wheat.
From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William
Had the gods loved me I had lain Where darnel is, and thorn, And the wild night-bird's nightlong strain Trembles in boughs forlorn.
From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. by De la Mare, Walter
From whence then has it darnel? 28He said to them: An enemy did this.
From The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union. by American Bible Union
It was agreed among them that good seed had been sown, and the darnel or false wheat was by common consent and without hesitation set down as the work of an enemy.
From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William
After the feathers have been pulled from their tails and wings they are crammed with balls of barley paste, with which may be mixed darnel meal, or flax seed soaked in soft water.
From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax
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