whitflaw

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A form of whitlow — Inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.

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Meanings

nounwhitflaw (plural whitflaws)

plural whitflaws

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of whitlow.

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    1648, Robert Herrick, “Oberons Palace”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 193
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APA

whitflaw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitflaw

MLA

“whitflaw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitflaw. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whitflaw,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitflaw.

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