[L. ægilops, a. Gr. αἰγίλωψ, f. αἴξ, αἰγός, a goat, αἴγῐλ-ος, an herb eaten by goats + ὤψ eye, face.]
1. Med. An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
1601. Holland, Pliny (1634), II. 234. There is a running betweene the corner of the eie and the nose, called Ægilops; for to heale which sore, there is a soueraigne herbe of that name growing among Barly.
1751. Chambers, Cycl., s.v., If the Ægilops be neglected, it bursts, and degenerates into a fistula which eats into the bone.
† 2. Herb. The wild-oat or other grass found as a corn-weed. Obs.
1601. [See under 1.]
1706. Phillips, Ægilops: a Weed that grows amidst Corn, Darnel, Wild Oats.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v., The ægilops is the avena sylvestris, the wild oat.
3. Bot. A genus of grasses, native to the south of Europe.
1872. Oliver, Elem. Bot., II. 278. Some botanists have tried to show that Wheat may have been derived from a South European grass, called Ægilops.
4. A species of Oak (Quercus ægilops).
1706. Phillips, Ægilops … a kind of Tree that bears Acorns or Mast.
1865. Daubeny, Trees of Ancients, i. 16. The Ægilops [of Pliny and Theophrastus] is probably the species now known as Ægilops … the finest and tallest of the Oaks that occur in Greece.
