The Collaborative International Dictionary
Squinance
Squinance \Squin"ance\ (skw[i^]n"ans), Squinancy \Squin"an*cy\ (-an*s[y^]), n. [F. esquinancie, OF. squinance, esquinance. See Quinsy.]
(Med.) The quinsy. See Quinsy. [Obs.]
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(Bot.) A European perennial herb ( Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; -- formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort.
Squinancy berries, black currants; -- so called because used to cure the quinsy.
--Dr. Prior.
Wiktionary
squinance
n. 1 (context medicine obsolete English) The quinsy. 2 (context botany obsolete English) A European perennial herb (''Asperula cynanchica'') with narrowly linear whorled leaves, formerly thought to cure the quinsy; quincewort.