Obs. [OE. cicena mete ‘chickens meat.’] Food for chickens. Hence, an old name for various plants, including endive; now dial. for CHICKWEED.

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c. 1000.  Sax. Leechd., II. 312. Nim … cicena mete.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 136. Modera, cicenamete.

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c. 1265.  Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 558. Intiba, muruns, chicnemete.

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a. 1387.  Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.), 25. Ippia minor, chikenmete.

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a. 1450.  Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.), 119. Morsus galline, chikemete.

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a. 1500.  Nominale, in Wr.-Wülcker, 712. Hec ipia, chekynmette.

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1830.  Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Chicken’s-meat, the herb chick-weed.

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