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One of a long-established English breed of large pigs. They are red, often spotted with black, with a long snout and erect or forwardly pointed ears, and are valued as bacon producers.

A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See under Wall.

A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the calendine, in America the bloodroot.

The quality or state of being thankworthy.

Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious. For this thankworthy, if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 1 Pet. ii. 19.

Same as Boneset.

A plant (Campanula Trachelium) formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.

A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus). Dr. Prior.

teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathræa, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort.

The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet, anciently served for torches. Called also torch, and hig-taper.

Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty. -- Trust"wor`thi*ness, n.

Unworthy. [Obs.] Milton.

Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of. -- Un*wor"thi*ly, adv. -- Un*wor"thi*ness, n.

The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus).

hought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).

A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.

Marsh pennywort. See under Marsh.

See under Starwort.

Any plant of the natural order Elatineæ, consisting of two genera (Elatine, and Bergia), mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste.

Wild camomile.