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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Ȝar(r)ow, Yarrow, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. ȝarwe (a1400-50), ȝarowe (Prompt. Parv.), ȝarow (15th c.), yarowe (1546), yarrow (1597), OE ᵹearwe.] Yarrow, the herb (Achillea Millefolium). — c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 143/83.
Full craftely conjurit scho the ȝarrow 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. lxxxv (Bot.).
Millefolium, ȝarow 1683 Coll. Aberd. & B. 106.
The yarrow molests our black lands that enclines to mosse
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