Meaning of squinance | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

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

“[…] ring-worms, scabs, squinances, fluxes, and the like […]”

“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: […]”

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