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Cnicus
a genus of plants having only one species the blessed thistle...
Thistle
Thistle, it was the custom within the manor of Halton, in Chester, that if, in driving beasts over a common, the driver permitted them to graze or take but a thistle, he should pay a halfpenny a-piece, called a 'thistle-take,' to the lord of the fee. And at Fiskerton, in Notinghamshire, by ancient custom, if a native or a cottager killed a swine above a year old, he paid to the lord a penny, which purchase of leave to kill a hog was also called thistle-take.It has been held that an occupier of land has no duty towards his neighbour to prevent thistles from seeding, and is not liable to his neighbour for damage by the seeds being blown on to his neighbour's land, Giles v. Walker, (1890) 24 QBD 656...
Knights of the Thistle
Knights of the Thistle. This order is said to have been instituted by Achaius, King of Scotland, A.D. 819. The better opinion, however, is that it was instituted by James V. in 1534, was revived by James VII. (James II. of England) in 1687, and re-established by Queen Anne in 1703. See Nicholas's History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire. they have no rank in England....
Blessed
Hallowed consecrated worthy of blessing or adoration heavenly holy...
Blessing
The act of one who blesses...
Centaurea
A large genus of composite plants related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle Centaurea Cyanus and the star thistle Centaurea Calcitrapa...
Blesser
One who blesses one who bestows or invokes a blessing...
Carduus
a genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles...
Carline thistle
A prickly plant of the genus Carlina Carlina vulgaris found in Europe and Asia...
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