The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght
Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
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- ¶SEDVM maius,
houseleke or syngrene- Sedum minus,
an herbe callid stonecroppe.- Page [unnumbered]
- Selibra Romana,
the Romayne half pound comprehended asmoch as our hole poūd. - Saepia,
a fyshe hauyng but one bone, wher∣in goldesmythes do make mouldes, and is callyd a cuttyll.- Seris,
an herb callid white endiue & scariole- Sextula gemina,
is the thyrde parte of an ounce, callyd also Duella.- ¶Siclus,
amonge the hebrewes was halfe an ounce.- Siliquastrum,
an herbe whiche some do sup∣pose to be coste mary.- Smilax, lacis,
frenche peasyn.- ¶Solanum,
an herbe, whych some do sup∣pose to be nyghtshade or morell.- Solanum soporiferum,
an herbe, whyche I suppose to be Dwale.-
- Solonos uesicaria, Alkakengi.
- Sonchus,
an herbe callyd Southistell.- Sportula,
the stipende giuen to cayly awai∣ters, for them and theyr company, amonge the noble Romayns, amounted to .ii. poyse grotes, and a halfe grote, or .x. pence of the olde coynage.- Stater argenteus,
was a coyne of halfe an ounce weight, and was also callid Siclus & Terradragmon.- Striatus, ta, tum,
imbowid or made with rid∣ges and furrowes, or lyke vnto it.- ¶Symphitum,
an herbe callyd Comfrye.- Sysimbrium,
horsemynte as I suppose.- Sysymbrium cardanine,
water eresses.
