lingence

English

Etymology

Latin lingere (“to lick”).

Noun

lingence (plural lingences)

1. (obsolete) A linctus.
   • a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:

     Great the use thereof in Physick, it being found very pectoral and soveraign for several diseases. A Stick hereof is commonly the Spoon prescribed to Patients, to use, in any Lingences or Loaches.

References

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