What does finochio mean?
Finochio means Alternative spelling of finocchio..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative spelling of finocchio..
If it ſeems ſo ſtrange to ye, I would not have you reſt ſatisfied with my bare word for it. Let us begin to examine at home, and you will find amongſt us ſerpents, that each of the kind, as ſoon as awaken’d by the ſpring, perceiving his ſkin ſtarky and rivelled, by lying the whole winter folded up in one poſition, makes directly to the finochio, and crams himſelf with it, till it makes him with eaſe caſt his old ſlough.
Finochio is a ſort of dwarf fennel, very aromatic; the thick ſtalks of which, earthed up, when nearly full grown, five or ſix inches to blanch, are uſed in ſoups and ſallads, or ſliced, and eat alone with oil, vinegar, &c.
Finochio, or French fennel; for soups, sallads, &c. when the bottom part is blanched, by earthing up.
What’s the matter with you? Is this how you turned out? A Hollywood finochio that cries like a woman?
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Finochio means Alternative spelling of finocchio..
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If it ſeems ſo ſtrange to ye, I would not have you reſt ſatisfied with my bare word for it. Let us begin to examine at home, and you will find amongſt us ſerpents, that each of the kind, as ſoon as awaken’d by the ſpring, perceiving his ſkin ſtarky and rivelled, by lying the whole winter folded up in one poſition, makes directly to the finochio, and crams himſelf with it, till it makes him with eaſe caſt his old ſlough.
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