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squinance


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squinance  \Squin"ance\,  Squinancy  \Squin"an*cy\,  n.  [F. 
  esquinancie  OF  squinance,  esquinance.  See  {Quinsy}.] 
  1.  (Med.)  The  quinsy.  See  {Quinsy}.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  A  European  perennial  herb  ({Asperula  cynanchica}) 
  with  narrowly  linear  whorled  leaves;  --  formerly  thought 
  to  cure  the  quinsy.  Also  called  {quincewort}. 
 
  {Squinancy  berries},  black  currants;  --  so  called  because 
  used  to  cure  the  quinsy.  --Dr.  Prior.