quinsy
41Magnus Carlsen — This article is about the Norwegian chess player. For people with a similar name, see Magnus Carlsson (disambiguation). Magnus Carlsen Magnus Carlsen, 2008 Full name Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen Country Norway …
42angh- — Tight, painfully constricted, painful. Oldest form *ang̑h , becoming *angh in centum languages. Derivatives include anger, hangnail, and quinsy. 1. agnail, hangnail, from Old English ang nægl, “painful spike (in the …
43squinancy — /skwin euhn see, euh see/, n. a prostrate Eurasian plant, Asperula cynanchica, of the madder family, having smooth, weak stems and sparse white or pink flowers, formerly believed to be a cure for quinsy. [1350 1400; ME squynancy quinsy < ML… …
44hound — [OE] Until superseded around the 16th century by dog, hound was the main English word for ‘dog’ (and indeed its relatives in the other Germanic languages remain so – German, Swedish, and Danish hund, for instance, and Dutch hond). It goes back… …
45hemp — 1. pertaining to death by hanging The material of the rope. The hemp string was a noose; the hemp quinsy or hempen fever, death by hanging; and a hempen widow someone whose husband, a Hempshire gentleman, had been hanged: In a… …
46angina — /ænˈdʒaɪnə / (say an juynuh) noun 1. → angina pectoris. 2. any inflammatory affection of the throat or fauces, as quinsy, croup, mumps, etc. {Latin: quinsy, literally, strangling. Compare Greek anchonē} –anginal, adjective …
47κυνάγχα — κυνάγχᾱ , κυνάγχη dog quinsy fem nom/voc/acc dual κυνάγχᾱ , κυνάγχη dog quinsy fem nom/voc sg (doric aeolic) κυνάγχᾱ , κυνάγχης dog throttler masc nom/voc/acc dual κυνάγχης dog throttler masc voc sg κυνάγχᾱ , κυνάγχης dog throttler masc gen… …
48κυνάγχας — κυνάγχᾱς , κυνάγχη dog quinsy fem acc pl κυνάγχᾱς , κυνάγχη dog quinsy fem gen sg (doric aeolic) κυνάγχᾱς , κυνάγχης dog throttler masc acc pl κυνάγχᾱς , κυνάγχης dog throttler masc nom sg (epic doric aeolic) …
49hound — [OE] Until superseded around the 16th century by dog, hound was the main English word for ‘dog’ (and indeed its relatives in the other Germanic languages remain so – German, Swedish, and Danish hund, for instance, and Dutch hond). It goes back… …
50peritonsillar abscess — noun a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis • Syn: ↑quinsy • Hypernyms: ↑angina * * * |perə+... noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary peri + tonsillar …
