Erroneous adaptations of the Russian Baranetz, the Scythian Lamb, a fabulous plant. See BAROMETZ.
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. i. I. (1641), 86/1. True Beasts, fast in the ground still sticking, Feeding on grass … Such as those Bonarets in Scythia bred Of slender seeds, and with green fodder fed.
1621. Lodge, Summ. Du Bartas, II. 33. Bonarate, which is as much to say as a little Lambe.
