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whiteflaw

whiteflaw noun: synonym of whitlow.

Noun

whiteflaw

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of whitlow.
    • The pouder of the withered leues⸝ is good to be caſt vpon the whitflaw⸝ aguayles.1562, Wylliam Turner [i.e., William Turner], “Of the Myrt Tre”, in The Second Parte of Guilliam Turners Herball⸝ […], Cologne: […] Arnold Birckman, →OCLC, folio 61, recto
    • The useful stimulating qualities of these herbs as a cure for paronychia, may have been further recommended by the resemblance of the seed-pod to the " whiteflaw," or inflamed vesicle, which it was intended to allay.1852, Richard Dowden, Walks after Wild Flowers; or The Botany of the Bohereens, page 105
    Synonyms:
    whitlow

Synonyms of whiteflaw

Questions about whiteflaw

What does whiteflaw mean?
Whiteflaw means synonym of whitlow.
What part of speech is whiteflaw?
Whiteflaw is a noun.

Words near whiteflaw in the dictionary

  1. whitefisher
  2. whitefisheries
  3. whitefishers
  4. whitefishery
  5. whitefishes
  6. whiteflaw
  7. whiteflies
  8. whitefly
  9. whitefolk
  10. Whitefoord
  11. Whitefoot

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