'Equisetum hyemale' definitions:
Definition of 'Equisetum hyemale'
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noun
Evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils [syn: scouring rush, rough horsetail, Equisetum hyemale, Equisetum hyemale robustum, Equisetum robustum]
Definition of 'Equisetum hyemale'
From: GCIDE
- Dutch \Dutch\, a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig., popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG. diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS. pe['o]d, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have applied the name especially to the Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick, Teutonic.] Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants. [1913 Webster]
- Dutch auction. See under Auction.
- Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk.
- Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
- Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into England from Holland.
- Dutch concert, a so-called concert in which all the singers sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
- Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang] --Marryat.
- Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened, while the upper part remains open.
- Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a kind of brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also {Dutch mineral}, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf.
- Dutch liquid (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid, C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or olefiant gas; -- called also Dutch oil. It is so called because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant.
- Dutch oven, a tin screen for baking before an open fire or kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals.
- Dutch pink, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in distemper, and for paper staining. etc. --Weale.
- Dutch rush (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or Equisetum (Equisetum hyemale) having a rough, siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; -- called also scouring rush, and shave grass. See Equisetum.
- Dutch tile, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the like. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Dutch was formerly used for German. [1913 Webster]
- Germany is slandered to have sent none to this war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that other pilgrims, passing through that country, were mocked by the Dutch, and called fools for their pains. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]