Meanings
- uncountableA medicinal herb, Staphis agria.
Stonehenge recommends an ointment made of 2 oz. finely powdered stave-acre to lb. lard; it should be well rubbed in several times a day.
1920, John Boyd Cramsie, Management and Diseases of Sheep in Australia, page 101 more example
Th' infectious scab, arising from extremes Of want or surfeit, is by water cur'd Of lime, or sodden stave-acre, or oil Dispersive of Norwegian tar, renown'd By virtuous Berkeley.=
1810, Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson, The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper - alternativeuncountableAlternative form of starve-acre.
Thus, any weeds or rubbish of lesser bulk than the grain will go through the sieve ; and wild oats, shepherd's needles, stave-acre, with all other light weeds and sprouted grains, may be taken off the top of the corn in the sieve ;
1818, The Farmer's Magazine - Volume 19
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