paritory

English

Noun

paritory

1. (Early Modern) Obsolete form of pellitory.
   • 1562, William Bullein, Bulleins Bulwarke of Defence against all Sicknesse, Soarenesse, and VVoundes […]‎^[1], published 1579, folio 53^v:

     And so is Organ beyng greene, Cresses, Tyme, […] Paritory, and Rocket. These herbes and this roote, be rather eaten of necessitye, then of will and fantasy.

   • 1569, [Girolamo Ruscelli], translated by Richard Androse, A verye excellent and profitable Booke conteining sixe hundred foure score and odde experienced Medicines […]‎^[2], page 19:

     Take of the leaues of Tansey, and drie them, and bray them into pouder, of the which cause the woman to drinke halfe an ounce in good whyte wine, and it will purge the matrix commodiously: the lyke effect doth the iuice of Paritorie giuen do drinke.

   • 1578, Rembert Dodoens, translated by Henry Lyte, A Nievve Herball, or Historie of Plantes […]‎^[3], pages 49–50:

     Pellitory or Paritory hath rounde tender, thorough shining, & browne redde stalkes: the leaues be rough & somwhat broade, like Mercury but nothing snipte or dented about.

Further reading

• “paritory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.