squinance en · NOUN
Etymology
From French esquinancie, from Old French squinance, esquinance. See quinsy.
Meanings
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The quinsy.
[…] ring-worms, scabs, squinances, fluxes, and the like […]
1655, Waterman: the Sea-mans Almanack and Prognostication for the ...:As also in Squinances, the Toothach ^([sic]), and elsewhere, is oftentimes easie to be seen, especially if by a singular adulterous Allurement, the Latex be derived unto any certain part: […]
1662, Jan Baptist van Helmont, Oriatrike, Or, Physick Refined, page 627:[…] Squinances, & other sicknesses of the neck.
1642, Auger Ferrier, A learned astronomical discourse of the judgement of ..., page 60:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves, formerly thought to cure the quinsy
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| squinances | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| squinacy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| squinancy | alternative | lexicographic |