? Obs. [ad. L. amygdal-a, a. Gr. ἀμυγδάλη an almond; probably continued and extended to sense 2, through the OFr. amygdale and med.L. amygdala a tonsil.]
† 1. An almond. Obs.
c. 940. Sax. Leechd., I. 104. And ʓewyll hy wel mid amigdales ele.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3840. It [Aaron’s rod] was grene and leaued bi-cumen, And nutes amigdeles ðor-onne numen.
2. pl. a. The tonsils. b. The almonds of the ears.
1541. R. Copland, Guydon’s Quest. Chirurg. The amygdales and faulses … are set behynde the tongue towarde the palays.
1601. Holland, Pliny (1634), II. 59. It restraineth the mumps or inflamation of the Amygdales.
1612. Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. 1653, 10. Great swellings in the face, or in the amygdals and throat.
[1843. Wilkinson, trans. Swedenborg’s Anim. Kingd., I. ii. 67. The amygdala are 2 glandular bodies of a reddish color.]
