† strume Obs.
[? a. F. strume, or ad. L. strūma.]
= struma 1.
| 1559 Morwyng Evonym. 287 A marvelous water or oyll for strumes and swellinges of the throote. 1578 Lyte Dodoens ii. lxxxi. 258 The same..resolueth and scattereth the swelling about the necke called Strumes. 1630 Poeton Chirurg. Closet 20 It cures Strumes: It takes away proud and corrupt flesh in vlcers. 1635 R. Brathwait Arcad. Pr. 87 When Nonius that same scabbe Did of a Strume complaine. 1677 Coles, Strume, -ma. 1704 Cocker, Strume or Struma. |