smallage

[ smaw-lij ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

smallage

/ ˈsmɔːlɪdʒ /

1250–1300; Middle English smalege, smalache, equivalent to smale small + ache parsley < Old French < Latin apium celery, parsley

C13: from earlier smalache, from smal small + ache wild celery, from Old French, from Latin apium

Take young sprouts of smallage—wash and drain them till perfectly dry.

Let it remain three or four days, to have the smallage absorb the brandy—then put in as much more brandy as the bottle will hold.

When the bottle is two-thirds full of the smallage, turn in French brandy, till the bottle is full.

Take the young sprouts of smallage, wash and drain them till perfectly dry.

To this quantity put as much Smallage as you buy for a peny, which maketh it strong of the HerPage 138b, and very green.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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