whitlow

IPA: wˈɪtɫoʊ

Examples of "whitlow" in Sentences

A so-called whitlow is a boil on the tip of a finger.
Somethin 'like' ya fuckin 'whitlow Tommae - WHITLOW!'.
I cured a ringworm and lanced a whitlow under a thumbnail.
Ninnis suffered pain owing to a "whitlow" on one of his fingers.
In common whitlow of the finger, how the arteries of the arm, the brachial in particular, throb, is well known.
"The bottomline is that Nigerians want to know the truth, even if it is whitlow, the nation needs to know," he said.
The truth is, we had read amiss, and the Queen had spelt amiss: the word was "Fellon," -- a sort of whitlow, -- not "Fellow."
As many as 30 different species grow, among them Alpine bartsia Bartsia alpina, Alpine bistort Polygonum viviparum, Unalaska fleabane Erigeron humilis and thick-leaved whitlow grass Draba crassifolia.
Then, in a distant Missionary way he asked them certain questions, — as why little Joe had that hole in his frill, who said, Pa, Flopson was going to mend it when she had time, — and how little Fanny came by that whitlow, who said,
He that says that the doctor's skill is wanted in the case of a slight skin-eruption or whitlow, but is not needed in the case of pleurisy, fever, or lunacy, in what respect does he differ from the man that says that schools and teaching and precepts are only for small and boyish duties, while great and important matters are to be left to mere routine and accident?