A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1699
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Peritorie, n. Also: peritt-. [e.m.E. and ME. peritorie (c 1400), var. of paritorie (Chaucer) parietary, pellitory (the herb), AF. paritarie OF. paritaire (13th c.), L. pariētaria. Cf. Pellodrommy, Piratrum.] —a1606 Dioscoridis Annot. 223.
Helxine (Gk. Ελξίνη) id est muralis herba [marg. peritorie] 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot.
Piretrum, perittorie
