Meaning of whiteflaw | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of whitlow.

obsolete

Examples

“The pouder of the withered leues⸝ is good to be caſt vpon the whitflaw⸝ aguayles.”

“The useful stimulating qualities of these herbs as a cure for paronychia, may have been further recommended by the resemblance of the seed-pod to the " whiteflaw," or inflamed vesicle, which it was intended to allay.”

“A cock is offered (at least was wont to be) to St Christopher in Touraine for a certaine sore which useth to be in the end of men's fingers, the whiteflaw” (World of Wonders, 1607). The cock was to be a white one.”

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