† faviformadj.
/ˈfeɪvɪfɔːm/ Obsolete.
Formed or shaped like a honeycomb, honeycombed; esp. in Surgery (see quot. 1753).
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Faviform, in surgery, a term used to express certain ulcers, which when pressed upon with the finger emit a sanies thro' several small holes.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
1884 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
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adj.1753- parish pump
- parish pumper
- parish pumpery
- parish rate
- parish register
- parish relief
- parish rig
- parish rigged
- parish room
- parish school
- parish schoolmaster
- parish shell
- parish steeple
- parish top
- parish vestry
- parish warden
- parish watch
- parish wit
- parish work
- parish workhouse
- parish-child
- parish-clerkly
- parish-clerkship
- parish-drudge
- parish-knell