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4 words match “RED-GUM”

RED-GUM n. 2 definitions
An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus. Good.
RASH n.
cabulary. -- Nettle rash. See Urticaria. -- Rose rash. See Roseola. -- Tooth rash. See Red-gum.
STROPHULUS n.
See Red-gum, 1.
TOOTH n.
- Tooth powder, a powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice. -- Tooth rash. (Med.) See Red-gum, 1. -- To show the teeth, to threaten. "When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite." Young. -- To the teeth, in open opposition; directly to one's face. "That I shall live, and tell him to his teeth ." Shak.…