Obs. rare. Also 7 veroll. [a. F. vérole, doublet of variole VARIOLA.]

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  1.  French pox; syphilis.

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1596.  Harington, Metam. Ajax, Prol. B j. He met a french Surgeon … yt cured him both of that and the Verol, yt he had before in his priorums.

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  2.  (See quot.) rare–0.

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1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, II. 238/1. The Veroll, the Web, are two Diseases in the eyes of Hawks, some call them the Pynne; they do proceed from Rume.

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  So † Verola [cf. Cat. verola]. = prec. 1. Obs.–1

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1600.  Breton, Pasquil’s Passe & Passeth Not, Wks. (Grosart), I. 9/1. From … The French Verola, and the English feuer,… The blessed Lord of heau’n deliuer me.

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