acocanthera

[Gr. (1) ἀκωκή (ahoke) =a point, (2) ἀνθηρός ( antheros ) = flowering, blooming. A genus of plants belonging to the order Solanaceæ, or Nightshades. A. venenata is a large bush with fragrant flowers, which grows at the Cape of Good Hope, and is so poisonous that the Hottentots use a decoction of its bark to envenom their IMG:content-0119.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small] hangs down by its ring from the cathead, or (2) of the yards when they are temporarily fixed at an angle with the deck. a-cock-horse, adv . Triumphantly. ( Ellis : Literary Letters, p. 265.) A somewhat slang phrase now obsolescent. (Nursery Rhymes.)