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Tormentil, Tourmentyn, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. turmentill (a1400-50), tormentyne (15th c.), tormentill (1578), tormentil (1610), F. tormentille, med. L. tormentilla.] Tormentil, the herb. —c1420 Liber Calchou 451.
Thir iiij herbys that is with dytane, pynpernole, tourmentyn & scabius & this is gud medicyn in this seknes a1688 Wallace Orkney 15.
Tormentil grows plentiful in the fields, with the root of which the common people use to bark their hides
