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lingences

lingences is the plural of lingence.

Meaning of lingence

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

Questions about lingences

What is lingences the plural of?
Lingences is the plural of lingence.

Words near lingences in the dictionary

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

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