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Definition of Ancome
1. n. A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow.
Definition of Ancome
1. Noun. (obsolete) A small inflammatory swelling, arising suddenly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ancome
1. sudden inflammation [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ancome
Literary usage of Ancome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"IV, ii. 4.120; Othello, i. 1. 33. A corrupt form of ensign. Anglo-F. enseigne,
a standard (Rough List). ancome, a boil, a foul swelling. Eastward Ho ! iii. ..."
2. Representative English Comedies: With Introductory Essays and Notes, an by Charles Mills Gayley, Alwin Thaler (1913)
"... I have seene a little prick no bigger then a pins head swell bigger and bigger,
til it has come to an ancome ;2 and eene so tis in these cases. ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings by Joseph Chitty (1819)
"... before our lord the king, at Westminster, counts of ancome the said AB &c /the
defendants) by TS their at- indictment , , >, , , , t . ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Ü. PI, Ш, 481. Skinner says the word ancient is only ч corruption of ensign.
ancome. A kind of boil, sore, or foul swelling in the fleshy parts. Diet. ..."
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