Squinance

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quinsy. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "[…] Squinances, & other sicknesses of the neck."

  2. 2
    A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves, formerly thought to cure the quinsy countable, obsolete, uncountable

Synonyms

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quincewortsquinancywort

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"[…] Squinances, & other sicknesses of the neck."

Etymology

From French esquinancie, from Old French squinance, esquinance. See quinsy.

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