whitlown.

Brit.

/ˈwɪtləʊ/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wɪtloʊ/

Forms: α. Middle English–1600s whitflawe, Middle English whytflowe, Middle English–1500s whitflowe, 1500s whyte flaw, white flaw, 1500s–1600s whiteflaw(e, 1600s–1700s whit(-)flaw, whit(-)flow, (1700s dialect whick-, 1700s–1800s quickflaw). β. Middle English whytlowe, whyte low, 1500s whitlowe, 1600s whitelow, ( whitloaf), 1600s–1800s whitloe, 1500s– whitlow. γ. 1500s whytblow, whitblowe, ( whetblowe), whiteblowe, 1500s–1600s whitblow.

Etymology: apparently originally whitflaw , -flow = white adj. and n. + flaw n.¹ (see sense 4b); but the similarity of the first syllable to early modern Dutch vijt, fijt, Low German fît ‘whitlow’ is remarkable and suggests the possibility of alien origin. The alterations to whitblow, whitlow are difficult to account for. The supposition that the original form was whick-flaw, dialect variant of quickflaw (Skeat), is not supported by the evidence.

A suppurative inflammatory sore or swelling in a finger or thumb, usually in the terminal joint; = paronychia n. 1 (cf. panaritium n.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > agnail or whitlow

panaritiuma1400

whitlowa1400

agnail1562

felon1578

paronychia1598

whittlea1614

point1653

whittle-flaw1756

stepmother1818

run-round1833

runaround1867

perionychia1879

α.

a1400 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 138 Paniritula uel paranicium, i. apostema inter digitos, a^e. a whitflawe.

a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 42 Þe fistule bredyng in þe extremite of þe fynger deceyueþ sonner þe pacient þan in oþer places; ffor vnkunnyng seiþ þat it is þe whit~flowe, whiche þou shalt knowe þus.

1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 77^v/1 A white flaw, rediuia.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 25^v The asshes [of wild grapes]..are good for medicines for the eyes, and wyth hony it healeth whit flawes, agnayles & goomes bledinge.

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. O The nails faln off by Whit-flawes.

1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 340 A gold Ring does not cure a Whitflaw.

1747 Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) 44 228 Much used..in Cataplasms for the Fellon, or worst Kind of Whitflow.

a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Whick-flaw.

β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 525/2 Whytlowe (P. whytflowe sore), panarucium.1603 N. Breton Merrie Dialogue 21 Healing but a Whitloe on a Lords thumbe.1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1049 A live Chislep laid to a whitloaf, cures it.1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 206 They are not certainly able to perform the cure of..so much..as a paronychia or whitlow.1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxi. 71 A novice of the convent..had been troubled with a whitloe in her middle finger.1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 337 Where the matter is lodged, as in some cases of whitloe, in the sheaths of the tendons.1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxix. 371 A suppurating tumor resembling a whitlow.1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 575 Painless whitlow affects the fingers of patients suffering from peripheral nerve disease of the upper extremities.γ. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. xviii^v A white blowe, or a white flawe, the which doth grow about the rote of the nayle.1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Ewinor, a whetblowe.1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Panariccio, a fellon, a whitblowe, that comes on ones finger tops.

Compounds

whitlow-grass n. book-name of two early-flowering plants with white blossoms, formerly reputed to cure whitlows (cf. nailwort n.): Saxifraga tridactylites, Rue-leaved Whitlow-grass, and Draba (Erophila) verna (hence in modern use extended to the whole genus Draba).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts

boneworteOE

springworteOE

atterlothec1000

halswortc1000

bruisewortOE

motherworta1200

panax?a1200

bloodworta1300

serpentinea1400

tutsana1400

wartworta1400

wormseeda1400

grace of God?c1400

nailworta1425

Gratia Dei?c1425

sanguinaryc1440

panacea1522

parthenium1548

woundwort1548

wart-weed1573

cardiaca1578

hermodactyl1578

panacea1590

holy seed1597

whitlow-grass1597

feverwort1611

fever and ague root1676

rattlesnake root1682

snake-root1712

cancer root1714

fever-root1739

strongback1739

rheumatism root1835

heal-all1853

wound-weed1857

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 498 Of Whiteblowe, or Whitlowe grasse.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 499 Rewe leafed Whitlowe grasse... Iagged Whitlowe grasse.

1634 T. Johnson Mercurius Bot. 57 Rue Whitlow-grasse.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. ii. 33 Those whose seed-vessel is a Silicle..as Whitlow-grass.

1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 143 D[raba] Verna. Common Whitlow Grass... D. Aizoides. Sen Green, or Alpine Whitlow Grass... D. Pyrenaica. Pyrenean Whitlow Grass.

whitlow-wort n. a plant of the genus Paronychia, formerly reputed to cure whitlows.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > paronychia or whitlow-wort

nailwort1611

whitlow-wort1650

paronychia1666

silver chickweed1856

1650 W. How Phytologia Britannica 88 Paronychia altera,..Rue Whitlow-grasse. Paronychia major,..Whitlow-wort... Paronychia vulgaris,..Chickweed Whitlow-grasse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whitlow
释义	whitlown. Brit. /ˈwɪtləʊ/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪtloʊ/ Forms: α. Middle English–1600s whitflawe, Middle English whytflowe, Middle English–1500s whitflowe, 1500s whyte flaw, white flaw, 1500s–1600s whiteflaw(e, 1600s–1700s whit(-)flaw, whit(-)flow, (1700s dialect whick-, 1700s–1800s quickflaw). β. Middle English whytlowe, whyte low, 1500s whitlowe, 1600s whitelow, ( whitloaf), 1600s–1800s whitloe, 1500s– whitlow. γ. 1500s whytblow, whitblowe, ( whetblowe), whiteblowe, 1500s–1600s whitblow. Etymology: apparently originally whitflaw , -flow = white adj. and n. + flaw n.¹ (see sense 4b); but the similarity of the first syllable to early modern Dutch vijt, fijt, Low German fît ‘whitlow’ is remarkable and suggests the possibility of alien origin. The alterations to whitblow, whitlow are difficult to account for. The supposition that the original form was whick-flaw, dialect variant of quickflaw (Skeat), is not supported by the evidence. A suppurative inflammatory sore or swelling in a finger or thumb, usually in the terminal joint; = paronychia n. 1 (cf. panaritium n.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > agnail or whitlow panaritiuma1400 whitlowa1400 agnail1562 felon1578 paronychia1598 whittlea1614 point1653 whittle-flaw1756 stepmother1818 run-round1833 runaround1867 perionychia1879 α. a1400 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 138 Paniritula uel paranicium, i. apostema inter digitos, a^e. a whitflawe. a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 42 Þe fistule bredyng in þe extremite of þe fynger deceyueþ sonner þe pacient þan in oþer places; ffor vnkunnyng seiþ þat it is þe whit~flowe, whiche þou shalt knowe þus. 1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 77^v/1 A white flaw, rediuia. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 25^v The asshes [of wild grapes]..are good for medicines for the eyes, and wyth hony it healeth whit flawes, agnayles & goomes bledinge. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. O The nails faln off by Whit-flawes. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 340 A gold Ring does not cure a Whitflaw. 1747 Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) 44 228 Much used..in Cataplasms for the Fellon, or worst Kind of Whitflow. a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Whick-flaw. β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 525/2 Whytlowe (P. whytflowe sore), panarucium.1603 N. Breton Merrie Dialogue 21 Healing but a Whitloe on a Lords thumbe.1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1049 A live Chislep laid to a whitloaf, cures it.1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 206 They are not certainly able to perform the cure of..so much..as a paronychia or whitlow.1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxi. 71 A novice of the convent..had been troubled with a whitloe in her middle finger.1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 337 Where the matter is lodged, as in some cases of whitloe, in the sheaths of the tendons.1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxix. 371 A suppurating tumor resembling a whitlow.1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 575 Painless whitlow affects the fingers of patients suffering from peripheral nerve disease of the upper extremities.γ. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. xviii^v A white blowe, or a white flawe, the which doth grow about the rote of the nayle.1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Ewinor, a whetblowe.1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Panariccio, a fellon, a whitblowe, that comes on ones finger tops. Compounds whitlow-grass n. book-name of two early-flowering plants with white blossoms, formerly reputed to cure whitlows (cf. nailwort n.): Saxifraga tridactylites, Rue-leaved Whitlow-grass, and Draba (Erophila) verna (hence in modern use extended to the whole genus Draba). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > names applied to various plants or parts boneworteOE springworteOE atterlothec1000 halswortc1000 bruisewortOE motherworta1200 panax?a1200 bloodworta1300 serpentinea1400 tutsana1400 wartworta1400 wormseeda1400 grace of God?c1400 nailworta1425 Gratia Dei?c1425 sanguinaryc1440 panacea1522 parthenium1548 woundwort1548 wart-weed1573 cardiaca1578 hermodactyl1578 panacea1590 holy seed1597 whitlow-grass1597 feverwort1611 fever and ague root1676 rattlesnake root1682 snake-root1712 cancer root1714 fever-root1739 strongback1739 rheumatism root1835 heal-all1853 wound-weed1857 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 498 Of Whiteblowe, or Whitlowe grasse. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 499 Rewe leafed Whitlowe grasse... Iagged Whitlowe grasse. 1634 T. Johnson Mercurius Bot. 57 Rue Whitlow-grasse. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. ii. 33 Those whose seed-vessel is a Silicle..as Whitlow-grass. 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 143 D[raba] Verna. Common Whitlow Grass... D. Aizoides. Sen Green, or Alpine Whitlow Grass... D. Pyrenaica. Pyrenean Whitlow Grass. whitlow-wort n. a plant of the genus Paronychia, formerly reputed to cure whitlows. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > paronychia or whitlow-wort nailwort1611 whitlow-wort1650 paronychia1666 silver chickweed1856 1650 W. How Phytologia Britannica 88 Paronychia altera,..Rue Whitlow-grasse. Paronychia major,..Whitlow-wort... Paronychia vulgaris,..Chickweed Whitlow-grasse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1400
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