kinkhost Obs. exc. Sc.
(ˈkɪŋkhɒst)
[f. kink v.1 + hoast, cough, corresp. to MLG. kinkhôste, LG. kinkhôst, Du. kink-, kiek-, kikhoest, G. keichhusten, Da. kighoste, Sw. kikhosta: all containing the Teut. stem kik-, Saxon kink-.]
= kinkcough.
| c 1190 Reginald Vita Godrici (Surtees) 373 Quod genus infirmitatis Kinkehost vocant Angli. a 1584 Montgomerie Flyting w. Polwart 307 The kinkhost, the charbuckle, and the wormes in the cheiks. 1830 Galt Lawrie T. i. ii. (1849) 6 In teethings and kink host. 1858–61 Ramsay Remin. v. (1870) 115 I've had..the kinkhost. |