Noun
The quinsy.
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[…] Squinances, & other sicknesses of the neck.
[…] ring-worms, scabs, squinances, fluxes, and the like […]
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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: […]
A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves, formerly thought to cure the quinsy
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