whitflaw

English

Noun

whitflaw (plural whitflaws)

1. Obsolete form of whitlow.
   • 1648, Robert Herrick, “Oberon's 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; republished as Henry G. Clarke, editor, Hesperides, or Works both Human and Divine, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: H. G. Clarke and Co., […], 1844, →OCLC:

     the nails fallen off by whitflaws

     The spelling has been modernized.

References

• “whitflaw”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.