DWALE

dwale (countable and uncountable, plural dwales)

(obsolete) a sleeping-potion, especially one made from belladonna

belladonna itself, deadly nightshade; or some other soporific plant

error, delusion

(heraldry) a sable or black color.

(obsolete) A heretic.

dwale (third-person singular simple present dwales, present participle dwaling, simple past and past participle dwaled)

To mutter deliriously

• Weald, lawed, waled, weald

Source: Wiktionary

Dwale, n. Etym: [OE. dwale, dwole, deception, deadly nightshade, AS. dwala, dwola, error, doubt; akin to E. dull. See Dull, a.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities.

2. (Her.)

Definition: The tincture sable or black when blazoned according to the fantastic system in which plants are substituted for the tinctures.

3. A sleeping potion; an opiate. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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