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quacksalver
quacksalver (ˈkwæksælvə(r)) Also 6–7 quack(e)-, 7 quaksaluer. [a. early mod.Du. (16th c.) quacksalver (Kilian; mod.Du. kwakzalver), whence also G. quacksalber, Sw. qvacksalfvare: the second element is f. salf, zalf salve, ointment, and the first is commonly regarded as the stem of quacken (mod.Du. k... Oxford English Dictionary
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Samuel Fuller (Pilgrim)
References Further reading Norman Gevitz, "Samuel Fuller of Plymouth Plantation: A 'Skillful Physician' or 'Quacksalver'?'" wikipedia.org
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quacksalving
† quacksalving, ppl. a. Obs. (ˈkwæksælvɪŋ) [f. *quacksalve vb. (inferred from quacksalver) + -ing2.] Quackish. 1. Of things: Belonging to, or characteristic of, a quacksalver.1608 Middleton Mad World ii. vi, Any quacksalving terms will serve for this purpose. a 1691 Bp. Croft in Somers Tracts (ed. S... Oxford English Dictionary
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Kenilworth (novel)
Tressilian's horse loses a shoe, and a schoolmaster, Erasmus Holiday, arranges for Dickie Sludge to conduct him to Wayland Smith, the former attendant of a quacksalver wikipedia.org
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quackster
† ˈquackster Obs. rare—1. [f. quack v.1 + -ster.] A quack, quacksalver.1709 Brit. Apollo II. No. 44. 3/1 The Quackster..with Death signs our Quietus. Oxford English Dictionary
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Quackery
Quacksalver Unproven, usually ineffective, and sometimes dangerous medicines and treatments have been peddled throughout human history. wikipedia.org
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panjandrum
panjandrum (pænˈdʒændrəm) In origin, a nonsense word (simulating compounds of pan-, and burlesquing a title), occurring in the farrago of nonsense composed by S. Foote to test the memory of old Macklin, who had asserted that he could repeat anything after once hearing it.1755 Foote in Q. Rev. (1854)... Oxford English Dictionary
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Portrait of a Man with a Glove
This portrait by Hals was possibly in 1704 still in the possession of his son Theodorus (1639–1704) under the name "Quacksalver". wikipedia.org
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Is the etymology of quack from quicksilver? Does the work "quack" to describe a charlatan or medical kook, come from the word quicksilver (mercury)? I heard doctors would inject mercury in sick patients to destroy ma...
It appears that it has a different origin - quacksalver - Kwakzalver in contemporary Dutch literally meaning "hawker of salve" In the middle ages Quack And taken from: < > "Quack" derives from the 17th century word "quacksalver", in turn from the Dutch word kwakzalver (hawker of salve).
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quack-belly
▪ I. quack, n.1 (kwæk) Also 7 quacke. [Abbrev. of quacksalver.] 1. a. An ignorant pretender to medical or surgical skill; one who boasts to have a knowledge of wonderful remedies; an empiric or impostor in medicine. = charlatan 2.1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerp. 145 Sir Quack his Patient told, nothing ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Athanasius Kircher
end of Kircher's life, however, his stock fell, as the rationalist Cartesian approach began to dominate (Descartes himself described Kircher as "more quacksalver wikipedia.org
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transnaturalize
† transˈnaturalize, v. Obs. rare—1. [f. as prec. + -ize.] trans. = next.1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies, Char. Pedlar 140 He..turnes most impudent dogmaticall quacksalver. What transnaturalized elixers will this mercenarie mountebanke produce to delude the vulgar. Oxford English Dictionary
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List of English words of Dutch origin
Q Quack shortened from quacksalver, from kwakzalver (literally "someone who daubs ointments") R Roster from rooster (="schedule, or grating/grill wikipedia.org
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imposterous
† imˈposterous, a. Obs. [f. imposter, impostor, or perh. (from the date) imposture + -ous; cf. impostorous, -trous, -turous.] 1. Of the nature of an imposture; false.1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples 44 a, Nothing, but the imposterous subtiltie of wicked people. 1607 Beaum. & Fl. Woman-Hater iii. ii, To h... Oxford English Dictionary
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corn-cutting
ˈcorn-cutting [f. corn n.2] A. vbl. n. The profession of cutting corns. B. ppl. a. That cuts corns professionally.a 1613 Overbury A Wife, etc. (1638) 203 (A Quacksalver) His maine cunning is Corn-cutting. 1756 W. Toldervy Two Orphans I. 197 He professes corn-cutting only in London. 1764 Foote Mayor ... Oxford English Dictionary
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