fetters

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His face is of a leaden hue, his skin dirty, flabby, covered with tetters, and his thick tongue hangs down over his moist livid lips.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

They have been usefully applied to the scald head and tetters of children.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

"Great Lord!" answered the charioteer, "this comes In many forms to all men; griefs and wounds, Sickness and tetters, palsies, leprosies, Hot fevers, watery wastings, issues, blains Befall all flesh and enter everywhere."

From The Light of Asia by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

The continual drinking the decoction of it helps red faces, tetters, and ringworms, because Mars causeth them.

From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Taylor, Benjamin

No, sir; such vices as stand not accountable to law should be cured as men heal tetters, by casting ink upon them.”

From Shakespeare in the Theatre by Poel, William