单词 | squinsy |
释义 | squinsyn. Now dialect. 1. Pathology. Quinsy; suppurative tonsillitis. silver squinsy (fig.): see silver n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1499 |
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