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Quotation dates: 1795
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ANISE, n. Not from Eng. anise in any of its senses. ? A mistake for alnus, the alder.Bwk. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 XII. 66:
On the lands of Abbay and farms adjoining, grow naturally the oak, the mountain-ash, the hazel, the birch tree, besides other trees; the honey-suckle, the anise, the rasp, the juniper, the brier, and bramble, &c.
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