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, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: H. G. Clarke and Co., […], 1844, →OCLC:
      the nails fallen off by whitflaws

References
  • whitflaw in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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