dwale

British

/ dweɪl /

noun

another name for deadly nightshade

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Etymology

Origin of dwale

C14: perhaps of Scandinavian origin

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dwale

And cursing clans that felt the heat That dwale obscured in shadows vague, Clash thro' the broken forest boughs Until each ronyon's stuck in loam.

From Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by Jean de Esque

For instance, he gives to the deadly nightshade the name, which now only lingers in a corner of Devonshire, the "dwale."

From Gossip in a Library by Edmund Gosse

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