lingence

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noun

A linctus.

OriginLatin lingere →
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Meanings

nounlingence (plural lingences)

plural lingences

  1. obsoleteA 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

Origin

  1. Latinlingere“to lick”
  2. Englishlingence

Latin lingere (“to lick”).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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