Obs. [prob. the same word as prec.] An old name of some flower, not identified: Dr. Prior has suggested the Wall-flower.
(The conjecture that this is ‘evidently a misprint for cherisance,’ is baseless: there is no such word.)
1579. Spenser, Sheph. Cal., April, 143. The pretie Pawnce And the Chevisaunce Shall match with the fayre flowre Delice.
c. 1620. T. Robinson, M. Magd., 317. The woody Primrose and the pretty Paunce; The Pinke, ye Daffodill and Cheuisance.
