OS'MUND, noun A plant, or a genus of plants, osmunda, moonwort. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal or flowering fern, growing in marshes, the root of which boiled, is very slimy, and is used in stiffening linen.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.