crewelsn.
/ˈkruːəlz/, U.S. /ˈkruəlz/, Scottish English /ˈkruəlz/ Scottish.
The king's evil, scrofula.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > scrofula
king's evila1387
scrofulac1400
escroeles1483
swine's evil1528
strume1559
struma1565
queen's evil1584
evila1616
crewels1660
royal evila1678
scrofulosis1860
scrofulide1864
scrofulodermia1899
1660 J. Lamont Diary 12–14 May (1830) 122 The Lady Balcleuch..had the Cruells in hir arme.
1722 R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. II. 445 (Jam.) His right hand and right knee broke out in a running sore, called the cruels.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian x, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 215 Having a beloved child sick to death of the crewels.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. ii. 50 A puir body's bairn, that had gotten the cruells.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Cruels, the king's evil.
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