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

A thin coating of cold cream was passed over the face and neck; then the powder-puff changed what was yellow into white, and the hare's-foot gave a bloom to the cheeks.

From A Mummer's Wife by Moore, George (George Augustus)

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

The prince, however, was listening complaisantly to the Marquis de Chouard, who had taken up a hare's-foot on the dressing table and had begun explaining the way grease paint is put on.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile

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