Also foal’s-foot. Forms: see FOAL, FOOT. [Named from the shape of the leaves.]

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  1.  = COLTSFOOT 1.

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a. 1400.  in Archæologia (1844), XXX. 407/1. Folesfoth … & ye smale clote is all on.

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1578.  Lyte, Dodoens, I. xii. 20. This [Tussilago] is called in English Fole foote.

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1877.  in N. W. Linc. Gloss., Foal-foot.

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  attrib.  1881.  Leicestersh. Gloss., s.v. Home-made foal-foot wine used to be common in Leicestershire.

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  2.  = ASARABACCA.

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1538.  Turner, Libellus, Folfot, Asarum.

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1615.  T. Thomas, Lat. Dict., Vulgago … folefoote, or Asarabacca.

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  3.  Applied to other plants resembling the preceding, as sea foalfoot, Convolvulus Soldanella.

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1548.  Turner, Names of Herbes (E.D.S.), 20. It [Brassica marina] may be called in english seafolfote.

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1597.  Gerard, Herball, 690. Soldanella [is called] … in English … of some Sea Foalfoote.

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1713.  J. Petiver, in Phil. Trans., XXVIII. 184. White Canada Folesfoot.

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