Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Knotgrass \Knot"grass`\, n. (Bot.)
   (a) a common weed with jointed stems {(Polygonum aviculare)};
       knotweed.
   (b) The dog grass. See under {Dog}.

   Note: An infusion of {Polygonum aviculare} was once supposed
         to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal,
         and hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, ``hindering
         knotgrass.''

               We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept
               under for a year with milk and knotgrass. --Beau.
                                                  & Fl.

Knotgrass \Knot"grass`\, n. (Bot.)
   (a) a common weed with jointed stems {(Polygonum aviculare)};
       knotweed.
   (b) The dog grass. See under {Dog}.

   Note: An infusion of {Polygonum aviculare} was once supposed
         to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal,
         and hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, ``hindering
         knotgrass.''

               We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept
               under for a year with milk and knotgrass. --Beau.
                                                  & Fl.

Swine \Swine\, n.sing. & pl. [OE. swin, AS. sw[=i]n; akin to
   OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. sw[=i]n, Icel.
   sv[=i]n, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a
   diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See {Sow}, n.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical
   species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat,
   which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is
   specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young,
   pig. See {Hog}. ``A great herd of swine.'' --Mark v. 11.

   {Swine grass} (Bot.), knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}); --
      so called because eaten by swine.

   {Swine oat} (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine.
      

   {Swine's cress} (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus
      {Senebiera} ({S. Coronopus}).

   {Swine's head}, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   {Swine thistle} (Bot.), the sow thistle.

Bird's-tongue \Bird's"-tongue`\, n. (Bot.)
   The knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}).

Centinody \Cen*tin"o*dy\, n. [L. centum a hundred + nodus knot:
   cf. F. centinode.] (Bot.)
   A weed with a stem of many joints ({Illecebrum
   verticillatum}); also, the {Polygonum aviculare} or
   knotgrass.



   {Goose grass}. (Bot.)
      (a) A plant of the genus {Galium} ({G. Aparine}), a
          favorite food of geese; -- called also {catchweed} and
          {cleavers}.
      (b) A species of knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}).
      (c) The annual spear grass ({Poa annua}).

   {Goose neck}, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
      like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
      connecting a spar with a mast.

   {Goose quill}, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
      pen made from it.

   {Goose skin}. See {Goose flesh}, above.

   {Goose tongue} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
      ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.

   {Sea goose}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Phalarope}.

   {Solan goose}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Gannet}.