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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SQUINANCY

n.The quinsy, which see. [Squinancy is not used. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

squinancywort

squinancywort |ˈskwɪnənsɪˌwəːt | ▶noun a small Eurasian plant of delicate appearance, with fine narrow leaves and scented white or lilac flowers. It was formerly used in the treatment of quinsy. ●Asperula cynanchica, family Rubiaceae. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from medieval Latin squinantia (apparently formed by confusion of Greek sunankhē with kunankhē ‘cynanche ’, both denoting throat diseases ) + wort .

 

Oxford Dictionary

squinancywort

squinancywort |ˈskwɪnənsɪˌwəːt | ▶noun a small Eurasian plant of delicate appearance, with fine narrow leaves and scented white or lilac flowers. It was formerly used in the treatment of quinsy. ●Asperula cynanchica, family Rubiaceae. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from medieval Latin squinantia (apparently formed by confusion of Greek sunankhē with kunankhē ‘cynanche ’, both denoting throat diseases ) + wort .