I would like to suggest that a bunch of hyssop be again substituted for the bouquet of flowers.
I am told that this is the survival of an old custom of placing hyssop before the Bench by way of febrifuge to protect him from pestilential vapours from the dock.
The leaves of Hyssop have an aromatic smell, and a warm pungent taste.
Parkinson says that in his day "the golden hyssop was of so pleasant a colour that it provoked every gentlewoman to wear them in their heads, and on their arms with as much delight as many fine flowers can give.
Solomon wrote "of all trees, from the Cedar in Lebanon to the Hyssop that springeth out of the wall.
Hyssop tea is a grateful drink well adapted to improve the tone of a feeble stomach, being brewed with the green tops of the herb.
To make Hyssop tea, one drachm of the herb should be infused in a pint of boiling water, and allowed to become cool.
Pliny said: "Hyssop mixed with figs, purges; with honey, vomits.
The commonly recognized Hedge Hyssop bears a pale yellow, or a pale purple flower, like that of the Foxglove; and the whole plant has a very bitter taste.
This was reputed to confer the power of understanding the language of birds and beasts, and was intimately connected with some of their mysterious rites; though by others it is thought to have been a sort of Hedge Hyssop (Gratiola).
But the fact that the sponge and hyssop seem to have been at hand, provided apparently for the sake of the victims, makes it very probable that the vinegar also was provided on their account.
Hyssop is an aromatic plant, which grows upon walls.
Then again in the sun would beHyssop and Catmint, and Lavender-cotton and Southernwood, with others of the scented Artemisias, and Sage and Marjoram.
There are not only the cedars of Lebanon but the hyssop that grows on the wall.
What the hyssop was is still in debate; but we can at least safely say that it was a plant supposed to have healing and purifying virtues.
For the only use of the hyssop in the law, which could be alluded to in these words, is that which is enjoined (xiv.
Note: The hyssop of Scripture is supposed to be a species of caper (Capparis spinosa), but probably the name was used for several different plants.
Defn: One of the essential principles of the hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis).
Hyssop has the general virtues ascribed to aromatic plants; and is recommended in asthmas, coughs, and other pulmonary disorders.
Hyssop is a hardy, evergreen, dwarfish, aromatic shrub, from the south of Europe.
If she be of full habit of body open a vein, after preparing her with syrup of betony, calamint, hyssop and feverfew.
Agaric; make nasalia of sage, or hyssop juice, betony, flagella, with one drop of oil of Elect.
Let the midwife also make a strong decoction of hyssop with water, and let the woman drink it very hot, and it will in a little time bring away the dead child.
Before the acts of coition, foment the privy parts with the decoction of betony, sage, hyssop and calamint and anoint the mouth and neck of the womb with musk and civet.
In his hand he held some hyssop fastened to a short stick.
The priest then ordered the people to sit down and be silent; he next blessed the boys, and offering up some prayers, purified them with the hyssop with much solemnity.
After straining the hyssop tea, mix with it the other ingredients, and give a quart every two hours.
Hyssop tea, sweetened with honey, is useful to promote perspiration in colds and catarrh.
By the aid of one or more of the following drinks, the aperient will generally operate:-- Give a bountiful supply of hyssop tea, sweetened with honey.
The operation of this prescription, like the preceding, must be aided by injection, friction, and warm drinks made of hyssop or pine boughs.
And dip a bunch of hyssop in the blood that is at the door, and sprinkle the transom of the door therewith, and both the door cheeks: let none of you go out of the door of his house till morning.
And a man that is clean shall dip hyssop in them, and shall sprinkle therewith all the tent, and all the furniture, and the men that are defiled with touching any such thing: 19:19.
Hyssop was the only green thing growing upon the mount; nothing but hyssop has grown there since.
The hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis) belongs to the natural order Scrophulariaceae, and is a native of marshy lands in the south of Europe, whence it was introduced into Britain more than 300 years ago.
Hyssop is a native of the south of Europe, its range extending eastward to central Asia.
The decoction of the herb taken in honey, digests the phlegm in the chest or lungs, and with Hyssop helps the cough.
Well, son, won't you just run around and tell the sacristan to get the water and the hyssop ready!
And they started back from the rectory, the sacristan in front with the hyssop and the holy vessel; then the curate surrounded by his guard of honor, the captain and his men.
A flood of yellow light struck him like a blow; through the smoke he saw the wine-flushed faces of Colonel Hyssop and Major Brent staring at him.
Major Brent and Colonel Hyssop continued to nag and sneer at each other all day long, yet they remained as mutually dependent upon each other as David and Jonathan.
Him an' Colonel Hyssop an' Major Brent; they had good times in them days.
That the only woman in the world had miraculously appeared at Sagamore Lodge he had heard from Colonel Hyssop and Major Brent at dinner the evening before.
Colonel Hyssop went to a mirror and examined himself with close attention.
Colonel Hyssop awaited his comrade at the club-house, nervously pacing the long veranda, gnawing his cigar.
A few moments later she went down-stairs to the great hall, where she found Colonel Hyssop and Major Brent just finishing their morning cocktails.
Hyssop and Schryhart, as well as the latter and Merrill, had been social friends for years and years.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hyssop" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: condiment; herb; pepper; salt; spice
