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Webster 1913 Edition

Squinancy

{

Squin′ance

(skwĭn′ans)
,

Squin′an-cy

(-an-sy̆)
, }
Noun.
[F.
esquinancie
, OF.
squinance
,
esquinance
. See
Quinsy
.]
1.
(Med.)
The quinsy. See
Quinsy
.
[Obs.]
2.
(Bot.)
A European perennial herb (
Asperula cynanchica
) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; – formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called
quincewort
.
Squinancy berries
,
black currants; – so called because used to cure the quinsy.
Dr. Prior.

Webster 1828 Edition

Squinancy

SQUINANCY

,
Noun.
The quinsy, which see. [Squinancy is not used.]

Definition 2024

squinancy

squinancy

English

Noun

squinancy ‎(countable and uncountable, plural squinancies)

  1. Alternative form of squinance

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