stave-acre

English

Noun

stave-acre (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of starve-acre
   • 1818, The Farmer's Magazine - Volume 19:

     Thus, any weeds or rubbish of lesser bulk than the grain will go through the sieve ; and wild oats, shepherd's needles, stave-acre, with all other light weeds and sprouted grains, may be taken off the top of the corn in the sieve ;

2. A medicinal herb, Staphis agria.
   • 1810, Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson, The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper:

     Th' infectious scab, arising from extremes Of want or surfeit, is by water cur'd Of lime, or sodden stave-acre, or oil Dispersive of Norwegian tar, renown'd By virtuous Berkeley.=

   • 1920, John Boyd Cramsie, Management and Diseases of Sheep in Australia, page 10:

     Stonehenge recommends an ointment made of 2 oz. finely powdered stave-acre to lb. lard; it should be well rubbed in several times a day.

Anagrams

• acervates, revacates