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

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

In the fever or the berebarde," "Berbi, O.F., chancre, dartre; a boil, bubo, or tetter, commonly attendant upon pestilent fever.

From Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various

Those also who tetter up and down when they walk, rising an inch or two every step, will have many corresponding ups and downs in life, because of their irregularity of character and feeling.

From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.

Half the world breaks out with action; its performance is cutaneous, of the nature of tetter.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator by Various