FAVUS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite.

2.
n.

A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also favas and sectila. Mollett.


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