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squinan·cy
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Squinancynoun
An inflammation in the throat; a quinsey.
Etymology: squinance, squinancie, Fr. squinatia, Italian.
It is used for squinancies and inflammations of the throat; whereby it seemeth to have a mollifying and lenifying virtue. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
In a squinancy there is danger of suffocation. Richard Wiseman.
Webster Dictionary
Squinancynoun
the quinsy. See Quinsy
Squinancynoun
a European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; -- formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort
Etymology: [F. esquinancie, OF. squinance, esquinance. See Quinsy.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of squinancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of squinancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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