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ˈplague-sore
A sore caused by the plague. Also fig.
1589Rider Bibl. Schol. 1099 Plague soares, carbunculantia vlcera. 1605Shakes. Lear ii. iv. 227 Thou art a Byle, A plague sore, or imbossed Carbuncle In my corrupted blood. 1629H. Burton Truth's Triumph 358 Apply the lumpe of dry figgs to the plague-sore. 1692Washington tr. Milton's Def. Pop. ix. M.'s Wks. 1851 VIII. 211 Being a public Enemy, and a Plague-sore to the common Liberty of Mankind. 1895Syd. Soc. Lex., Plague sore, an ulcer resulting from a bubo occurring in the Plague. |