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单词 squinsy
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squinsyn.

Forms: Middle English sqwynsy, 1500s squynsie, 1500s– squinsy, 1500s–1800s squinsey, 1600s squinsie, 1600s–1700s squinzie, 1600s squinzy; 1500s–1700s squincy, 1500s–1600s squincie.
Etymology: Reduced form of squinacy n.
Now dialect.
1. Pathology. Quinsy; suppurative tonsillitis. silver squinsy (fig.): see silver n. and adj. Compounds 2.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of throat > [noun] > quinsy or tonsillitis
squinacya1325
quinsyc1390
squinancy1398
squinancec1450
strangullion1481
squinsy1499
squince1538
angina1559
chokes1562
prunella1656
cynanche1706
tonsillitis1801
paristhmitis1817
amygdalitis1876
peritonsillitis1897
1499 Promptorium Parvulorum (Pynson) sig. pivv/1 Sqwynsy, sekenesse, squinancia.
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. xviv In englyshe it is named the Squyncy.
1551 W. Turner Herball (1568) 2 Walnuttes..are good to be laide to the Squynsie wyth rue & oyle.
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 201 Alleadging for an excuse the Squinsie whereof hee was sicke.
1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 223 Wormwood leaves discuss Tumors and Wind particularly in the Squinsie.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique (at cited word) Squincy, an Inflamation of the Throat.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Violet A Sovereign Remedy against..the Squinsy.
2.
a. A form or attack of this.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of throat > [noun] > quinsy or tonsillitis > form or attack of
squinsy1591
squinancy1611
pseudodiphtheria1894
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Esquinancia A squincie.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 301 Æschines, a Physitian of Athens, was wont to cure squinsies..with the ashes of a man or womans body burnt.
1688 T. Rokeby Let. in Brief Mem. (1861) 23 My sister Smithson is well recovered of a dangerous Squinsey which the doctor was afraid would have choked her.
1894 H. Caine Manxman 280 He'd break your face with laughing if it was bursting itself with a squinsey.
b. transferred. A halter; a rope. Obsolete. rare.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope
ropeeOE
withec1275
cordc1330
snarea1425
tippet1447
girnc1480
halter1481
widdie1508
tether?a1513
hemp1532
Tyburn tippet1549
John Roper's window1552
neckweed1562
noose1567
horse-nightcap1593
tow1596
Tyburn tiffany1612
piccadill1615
snick-up1620
Tyburn piccadill1620
necklacea1625
squinsy1632
Welsh parsley1637
St. Johnston's riband1638
string1639
Bridport daggera1661
rope's end1663
cravat1680
swing1697
snecket1788
death cord1804
neckclothc1816
St. Johnston's tippet1816
death rope1824
mink1826
squeezer1836
yard-rope1850
necktie1866
Tyburn string1882
Stolypin's necktie1909
widdieneckc1920
1632 T. Randolph Jealous Lovers iii. xiv. 54 Shall not we be suspected for the murder, And choke with a hempen squincy?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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