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scroffles
† 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 14...
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scrofula
scrofula (ˈskrɒfjʊlə) Also 5–9 scrophula, 6 skurfula, 7–8 schrophula; pl. 5–7 scrophule, 7 scrofulæ. [In early use pl. after late L. scrōfulæ swelling of the glands, dim. of scrōfa breeding sow (supposed to be subject to the disease: cf. the use of Gr. χοιράδες, pl. of χοιράς like a hog's back). Lat...
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