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chincough
chincough Obs. or dial. (ˈtʃɪnkɒf) Also 6 chyne cough, chyn-, chincoughe, (chyckock), choinecouch, 7 choynecough. [For chinkcough, in northern dialect kinkcough, f. chink v.1, kink + cough. An earlier form was kinkhost (f. host cough), corresp. to MLG. kinkhôste, LG. kinkhost, Du. kinkhoest, kik-, k...
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kinkcough
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 c...
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for the Use of Students Attending Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Medicine, Glasgow, 1812
Treatise on the History, Nature and Treatment of Chincough
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chink
▪ I. chink, n.1 (tʃɪŋk) [f. chink v.1; = northern kink.] A convulsive gasp for breath, or spasmodic losing of the breath, as in hooping-cough; a convulsive fit of coughing or laughing.[a 1500 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 791 (Nom. Infirmitat.) Hec reuma, a chynge.] 1767 H. Brooke Fool of Qual. iv, My L...
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whooping-cough
whooping-cough, hooping-cough (ˈhuːpɪŋkɒf, -ɔː-) A contagious disease chiefly affecting children, and characterized by short, violent, and convulsive coughs, followed by a long sonorous inspiration called the hoop (whoop); the chincough.α 1739 E. Montagu Corr. (1906) I. 37 One little boy had whoopin...
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kink
▪ I. kink, n.1 (kɪŋk) Also 7 keenk, 8 kenk. [prob. a. Du. kink twist, twirl, = G. kink, kinke, Da., Sw. kink, app. from a root *kink-, *kik-, to bend, twist; cf. Icel. kikna to bend at the knees, keikr bent back.] 1. a. A short twist or curl in a rope, thread, hair, wire, or the like, at which it is...
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