Obs. Also 6 squynce. [Abbreviated form of SQUINANCE or of squincie SQUINSY. Cf. mod. dial. squinches and squinges.] = SQUINSY.
1538. Elyot, Cynanche, a syckenes called the squynce, whiche is in the throte and iawes.
1563. Hyll, Arte Garden. (1593), 64. The distilled water … aswageth the dangerous swelling of the throte, called the Squince.
a. 1610. G. Babington, Wks. (1622), II. 94. Demosthenes … pretended the disease in his throat called the Squince.
