Squinance

Alternative forms

squinancy

Origin

French esquinancie, Old French squinance, esquinance. See quinsy.

Full definition of squinance

Noun

squinance

(countable and uncountable; plural squinances)

(medicine, obsolete) The quinsy.
(botany, obsolete) A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves, formerly thought to cure the quinsy; quincewort.