darnel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of darnel
1275–1325; Middle English; compare French (Walloon) darnelle, probably < Germanic
Example Sentences
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The wheat and the darnel were opposite in character and consequences as light and darkness, but they were precisely alike in the manner of their growth.
From The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot
A single grain of darnel will suffice to rot a muid of wheat—a single hardened sinner will, perhaps, cause the death of us all, however innocent we be.
From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue
Where the plump barley-grain so oft we sowed, There but wild oats and barren darnel spring; For tender violet and narcissus bright Thistle and prickly thorn uprear their heads.
From The Bucolics and Eclogues by Virgil
Dr. Thomson gives unequivocal testimony, at the same time, that at the present day no instance is known of the growth of darnel among the wheat being caused by the malicious act of an enemy.
From The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot
The grass was rank, but it had been mown down for this occasion round the tombs of the Ironsydes, though elsewhere darnel rose knee deep and many venerable stones slanted out of it.
From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts
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