Obs. [a. F. joubarbe:—jousbarbe (= Sp. jusbarba):—L. Jovis barba Jove’s beard.] The houseleek.
[c. 1265. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 558/26. Iouis barba, i. iubarbe, i. singrene.]
c. 1450. Bk. Hawkyng, in Rel. Ant., I. 301. Yeve here jus of rasne and jubarde.
1524. Gt. Herbal, ccclxxxi. xij. An herbe that is called also Iobarde.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 237. The lesse Sengreen or Iubarbe groweth upon walls…; likewise vpon the tiles of house-roufes.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v., The Great Jubarb is a Plant that has great Pulpy and thick Leaves,… sharp at the Ends like a Tongue.
