tetter
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Bains put a hand on the taller boy’s hair and fingered it lightly, absently searching with her nails for tetter spots.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
Tetter, tetter, thou hast nine brothers, God bless the flesh and preserve the bone; Perish thou, tetter, and be thou gone.
From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
Four years later, Bouley is found holding the opinion that canker was closely allied to tetter, thus recognising for it a local specific cause.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton
A valuable remedy for scrofula, and all scrofulous skin diseases, as tetter, herpes, leprosy, and the like; also a valuable alterative in all constitutional diseases.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
Ringworm is a curious form of tetter, in which the inflamed patches assume the form of a ring.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham
