Also 6 teynt-. [? f. TAINT sb.: see quot. 1727.] An old name for a small fern, the Wall Rue, Asplenium Ruta-muraria.

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c. 1550.  Lloyd, Treas. Health, Y ij. Agaynst the Tertian of yellowe choler … take ye rotes of fennel, parcely, teynt wort, mayden heare, endyue [etc.].

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1666.  Merkett, Pinax Brit., 2. Adianthum album, sive Ruta muraria, sive Salvia Vitæ, Wall rue, and Tentwort.

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1727.  Threlkeld, Syn. Stirpes Hibern., A ij. Our ancestors gave it [the Ruta muraria] the name of Tent-wort, deeming it a sovereign remedy against the … Taint, doubling of the Joints, and in a more general word, Rickets.

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1860.  Mayne, Expos. Lex., Tent-wort.

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1866.  Treas. Bot., Tentwort.

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