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11 words match “WHITLOW”

WHITLOW n. 2 definitions
matory disease of the feet. It occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected. Whitlow grass (Bot.), name given to several inconspicuous herbs, which were thought to be a cure for the whitlow, as Saxifraga tridactylites, Draba verna, and several species of Paronychia.
WHITLOW-WORT n.
Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
ANCOME n.
A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow. [Obs.] Boucher.
FELON n.
A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint.
ONYCHIA n.
A whitlow.
PARONYCHIA n.
A whitlow, or felon. Quincy.
RUN-AROUND n.
A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone. [Colloq.]
RUNROUND n.
A felon or whitlow. [Colloq. U.S.]
WHITEBLOW n.
Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow.
WHITEFLAW n.
A whitlow. [Obs.] Holland.
WHITFLAW n.
Whitlow. [Obs.] "The nails fallen off by whitflaws." Herrick.