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• NETTLE (0. Eng. netele, cf. Ger. Nessel)

NETTLE (0. Eng. netele, cf. Ger. Nessel)  , the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent of See also:

• LAT

Lat . Urtica, a genus of See also:

• PLANTS

plants which gives its name to the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Urticaceae . It contains about See also:

• THIRTY

thirty See also:

• SPECIES

species in the temperate parts of both See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west hemispheres . They are herbs covered with stinging hairs; and with unisexual See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers on the same or on different plants . The male flowers consist of a perianth of four greenish segments enclosing as many stamens, which latter, when freed from the See also:

• RESTRAINT (from " to restrain," Lat. restringere, to hold back, prevent)

restraint exercised upon them by the perianth-segments while still in the bud, suddenly uncoil themselves, and in so doing liberate the See also:

• POLLEN, AUGUST (or, as he afterwards called himself, ADOLF) LUDWIG (1794-1855)

pollen . The See also:

• FEMALE

female perianth is similar, but encloses only a single See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed-See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel with a solitary seed . The stinging hairs consist of a bulbous See also:

• RESERVOIR

reservoir filled with. acrid fluid, prolonged into a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long slender See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube, the extremity of which is finely pointed . By this point the See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair penetrates the skin and discharges its irritant contents beneath the See also:

• SURFACE

surface . See also:

• NETTLE (0. Eng. netele, cf. Ger. Nessel)

Nettle tops, or the very See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young shoots of the nettle, may be used as a See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable like See also:

• SPINACH (Spinacia oleracea)

spinach; but from the abundance of crystals (cystoliths) they contain they are See also:

• APT

apt to be gritty, though esteemed for their antiscorbutic properties, which they do not possess in any exceptional degree . The fibre furnished by the stems of several species is used for cordage or See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper-making . Three species of nettle are See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Isles: Urtica dioica, the See also:

• COMMON

common stinging nettle, which is a hairy perennial with staminate and pistillate flowers in distinct plants; U. urens, which is See also:

• ANNUAL

annual and, except for the stinging hairs, glabrous, and has staminate and pistillate flowers in the same panicle; and U. pilulifera (See also:

• ROMAN

Roman nettle), an annual with the pistillate flowers in rounded heads, which occurs in See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste places in the east of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, chiefly near the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea—the more virulent of the British species . From their See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general presence in the neighbourhood of houses, or in spots where See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house refuse is deposited, it has been suggested that the nettles are not really natives, a supposition that to some extent receives countenance from the circumstance that the young shoots are very sensitive to See also:

• FROST (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch, vorst, Ger. Frost, from the common Teutonic verb meaning " to freeze," Dutch, vriezcn, Ger. frieren; the Indo-European root is seen in Lat. pruina, hoar-frost, cf. prurire, to itch, burn, pruna, burning coal, Sans
• FROST, WILLIAM EDWARD (1810–1877)

frost .

In any See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case they follow See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man in his migrations, and by their presence usually indicate a See also:

• SOIL

soil See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in See also:

• NITROGEN [symbol N., atomic weight 14.01, 0=16]

nitrogen . The trailing subterranean See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root-stock renders the common nettle somewhat difficult of extirpation . See also:

• NEPI (anc. Nepet or Nepete)

NEPI'LERASH, or URTICARIA, a disorder of the skin characterized by an eruption resembling the effect produced by the sting of a nettle, namely, raised red or red and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white patches occurring in parts or over the whole of the surface of the See also:

• BODY

body and attended with See also:

• GREAT

great irritation . It may be acute or chronic . In the former variety the attack often comes on after See also:

• INDULGENCE (Lat. indulgentia, indulgere, to grant, concede)

indulgence in certain articles of See also:

• DIET

diet, particularly various kinds of See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell-See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, See also:

• CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese, pastry, &c., also occasionally from the use of certain drugs, such as See also:

• HENBANE (Fr. jusquiaume, from the Gr. uoo'icuaµos, or hog's-bean; Ital. giusquiamo; Ger. Scliwarzes Bilsenkraut, Hiihnertod, Saubohue and Zigeuner-Korn or " gipsies' corn ")

henbane, See also:

• COPAIBA, or COPAIVA (from Brazilian cupauba)

copaiba, See also:

• CUBEBS (Arab. kababah)

cubebs, See also:

• TURPENTINE (in M. Eng. turbentine, adapted through the O. Fr. turbentine or terebentine from Lat. terebinthina, sc. resina, resin of the terebinth, Gr. eepiOtvOos or eippavOos)

turpentine, &c . There is at first considerable f everishness and constitutional disturbance, together with sickness and faintness, which either precede or accompany the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of the rash . The eruption may appear on any See also:

• PART

part of the body, but is most common on the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face and See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk . The attack may pass off in a few See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours, or may last for several days, the eruption continuing to come out in successive patches . The chronic variety lasts with interruptions for a length of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time often extending to months or years . This See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the disease occurs independently of errors in diet, and is not attended with the feverish symptoms characterizing the acute attack . As regards treatment, the acute variety generally yields quickly to a purgative and the use of some antacid, such as See also:

• MAGNESIA

magnesia or liquor potassae . The See also:

• LOCAL

local irritation is allayed by sponging with a warm alkaline See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution (soda, potash or See also:

• AMMONIA (NH3)

ammonia), or a solution of acetate of See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead, and a lotion of ichthyol has been found useful .

Chronic cases have been known to benefit from the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of See also:

• CREOSOTE, CREASOTE

creosote or salol .