† ˈscroffles, n. pl. Obs.
Also 5 scurffyls, skorphillys, 5–6 scrofulus, scruphules, 5–7 scrophules, 6 scrofules.
[a. OF. scrophules, ad. L. scrōfulæ: see scrofula.]
Scrofulous swellings.
| [c 1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 62 Cyrneles & scrofelles.] a 1400–50 Stockh. Med. MS. 141 It desolwyth skorphillys. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 19 (Addit. MS.) Þe þridde entencioun is to remevyn þat þat ys to myche as scurffyls [Ashm. MS. scrofulus] of þe hed & þe nekke. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 243/4 A poure woman that had a sone whyche was gretely tormented with scrophules. 1541 Copland tr. Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. S j b, Propre for scrophules and kyrnelles. 1576 Baker Jewell of Health (1597) 144 b, Instill two or three droppes into the eare of the pacient, on that syde where Scroffles be. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xvi. 573 A certain Woman had the Scroffles all over her Neck. |