hare's-foot

British  

noun

1. Also called: hare's-foot clover.  a leguminous annual plant, Trifolium arvense, that grows on sandy soils in Europe and NW Asia and has downy heads of white or pink flowers

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Example Sentences

He touched his cheeks with the hare's-foot and gave them a richer bloom.

From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton

The hare’s-foot fern—Davallia canariensis—with its beautiful blue-green fronds, much divided and elegantly arched, makes the loveliest room plant imaginable, and, though fairly common, is not often seen in a good state of health.

From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Biddle, Violet Purton

If any unlucky child fell asleep he was speedily waked up by the tithingman, who would tickle his nose with a hare's-foot attached to a long pole.

From Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 by Wright, Henrietta Christian

They put also under the children the down of certain reeds that we call hare's-foot, on which they rest very softly.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)

She had taken up the hare's-foot and was lightly manipulating it.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile