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lingence

lingence noun: a linctus.

Noun

lingence (plural lingences)

  1. (obsolete) A linctus.
    • Great the use thereof in Physick, it being found very pectoral and soveraign for several diseases. A Stick hereof is commonly the Spoon prescribed to Patients, to use, in any Lingences or Loaches.a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Forms of lingence

plurallingences

Origin of lingence

Latin lingere (“to lick”).

Questions about lingence

What does lingence mean?
Lingence means a linctus.
What part of speech is lingence?
Lingence is a noun.
What is the plural of lingence?
The plural of lingence is lingences.

Words near lingence in the dictionary

  1. lingels
  2. Lingeman
  3. Lingen
  4. lingenberries
  5. lingenberry
  6. lingence
  7. lingences
  8. Lingenfelter
  9. Lingenfelters
  10. linger
  11. linger on

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