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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶BABBY-WARE, n.comb. A kind of seaweed, prob. Fucus esculentus.Abd. 1795 Stat. Acc.1 XVI. 552:
The sea-plants are babby-ware, tangles, badderlocks and dilse.
[From Bab, n.1, from the tassel-like appearance of the plant (cf. Bobbyn, 2.) + Ware, n.1]
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