- skip - Brewer’s

Valeʹrian (the herb)

.

An irresistible attraction to cats. (The word is from the Latin valēre, to be well, and hence to make well and keep well.) It is an excitant, antispasmodic, tonic, and emmenagogue. The “Father of Botany” says:

“Valerian hath been had in such veneration, that no brothes, pottage, or physical meates are worth anything, if this be not at one end.”

 

previous entry · index · next entry

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

previous entry · index · next entry

Vain as a Peacock
Valdarno
Vale of Avoca
Vale of Tears
Vale the Bonnet (To)
Valens or Valanus
Valentia
Valentine
Valentinians
Valerian or Valirian
Valerian (the herb)
Valhalla
Valiant (The)
Valise
Valkyriur or Valkyries
Valla (Laurentius)
Vallary Crown
Valley of Humiliation
Valley of the Shadow of Death
Vallombrosa
Valorem