Herb. Also 6 aish-, 7 aysh, 9 ach-, ashe-. [f. ASH sb.1 + WEED.] The Goutweed (Ægopodium Podagraria).
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, 300. The seconde Imperatoria, or wylde Masterwort … is now called Herba Gerardi … In Englishe some call it Aishweede.
1617. Minsheu, Ayshweede … or Goutworte.
1861. Miss Pratt, Flower. Pl., III. 27. Common Gout-weed, or Bishop’s weed … was called … Asheweed.
