单词 | merry-gall |
释义 | † merry-galln. Obsolete. A sore caused by chafing. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > sore > gall or chafe gallc1440 gallingc1440 excoriation?a1547 galledness1569 merry-gall1575 gald1611 galding1684 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xliii. 139 (May be) he seekes to haue my Sewet for himselfe, Whiche sooner heales a merrygald, then Pothecaries pelfe. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1202 If such as iourney or trauell do carry with them a branch or rod of Agnus castus in their hand, it will keepe them from merry gals, and wearines. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 101 It healeth all merry-gals and raw places where the flesh is rubbed off or chafed: it helpeth the rank rammish smel vnder the arm-holes [L. intertriginum et alarum vitiis perfrictionibusque..non dubie mederi]. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 319 It is good to anoint merigals therwith, namely, when one part of the body is fretted & chafed against another [L. prodest et confricatis membris]. 1610 E. Gardiner Triall of Tabacco f. 46 That healeth merrie galles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1575 |
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