kinkcough north. dial.
(ˈkɪŋkˌkɒf)
Also 7–9 kincough, 9 king-cough.
[f. kink v.1 + cough n.; cf. chincough, and the earlier kinkhost.
(By Turner and others erroneously referred to Ger. kind child, and misspelt accordingly; cf. Kilian's kind-hoest.)]
The hooping-cough.
| 1568 Turner Herbal iii. 54 The cough that yonge childer have, called in right English The kindt cough: for kindt is a chyld in Duche. 1674–91 Ray N.C. Words s.v. Kink, The Kink-cough, called in other places the Chin-cough, by adding an Aspirate. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Nerves (ed. 3) 54 The Tussis convulsiva, Kinkcough. 1773 W. Butler (title) Treatise on Kinkcough with appendix on Hemlock. 1825 Brockett, Kin-cough, Kink-cough, Ching-cough or King-cough, the hooping-cough. 1886 S.W. Linc. Gloss., Kincough, or kink-cough, the whooping-cough. |