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swine-pox
swine-pox ? Obs. Also 7 swine's-pox. 1. A name for chicken-pox. Retained as a synonym in 19th cent. medical works.1530 Palsgr. 278/2 Swyne pockes, farcin. c 1550 Lloyd Treas. Health R j, The great swyne pokes. 1624 Massinger Renegado i. iii, The Swine's-pox overtake you! There's a curse For a Turk, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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pox
▪ I. pox, n. (pɒks) [An altered spelling of pocks, pl. of pock n., used collectively as name of a disease (cf. measles, mumps, rickets, etc.), and at length as a singular.] 1. Name for several different diseases characterized by ‘pocks’ or eruptive pustules on the skin: see pock n. 2 a. a. Undefined... Oxford English Dictionary
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swine
swine (swaɪn) Pl. swine. Forms: sing. and pl. 1–4 swin, 1–6 swyn, 4–5 suyn, 4–7 swyne, (4 suine, swiyn, squine, Ayenb. zuyn, 4–5 squyne, 5 swyyn, swyyne, sweyne, sqwyne, 6 suyne, swyin, swyen, 7 sweyn, shwine), 5– swine. pl. in -s. 5 swynes, 6, 8–9 swines. [Common Teutonic: OE. sw{iacu}n str. n. = O... Oxford English Dictionary
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