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squinacy
squinacy Now dial. Forms: 3 swinacie, 4 swynacy; 4–5 squynacy (4 -ase), 4 -acie, 5 -ye, sqwynacye, skwynecy; 5 squinaci, -acye, -aseye, 5, 7 squinacie, -asie, 7, 9 squinacy. [var. of squinancy, by early elision of the second n.] = squinsy.c 1250 Gen. & Exod. 1188 His wif and oðere birðe beren, ða ðe...
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squinsy
squinsy Now dial. Forms: 5 sqwynsy, 6 squynsie, 6– squinsy, 6–9 -sey, 7 squinsie, 7–8 squinzie, 7 -zy; 6–8 squincy, 6–7 squincie. [Reduced form of squinacy.] 1. Path. Quinsy; suppurative tonsillitis. silver squinsy (fig.): see silver n. 21.1499 Promp. Parv. (Pynson), Sqwynsy, sekenesse, squinancia. ...
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swynacye
swynacy(e, -asy, -aysy, -esye obs. ff. squinacy, quinsy.
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quinsy
quinsy (ˈkwɪnzɪ) Forms: α. 4 qwinaci, quinesye, 5 queynose. β. 5 quynsy, qwynse, 5–6 quynce, 6 quency, 6 quinsye, 7 -se, -cy, 8 -sie, 6–9 quinsey, (8 -zey), 6– quinsy. γ. 6 quynnancy, quinancie, 6, 9 -cy. [ad. med.L. quinancia, f. Gr. κυνάγχη cynanche, perh. as a refashioning of the commoner squinan...
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