Eng., but now dial.
1778. [He] has a scar on one of his cheeks, occasioned by a bile or something like it.—Runaway advt., Maryland Journal, Oct. 13.
1821. “A child was cured of ulcers and biles” by using Dr. Relfe’s Botanical Drops.—Advt., Mass. Spy, Aug. 8.
1828. I have got the ague together with a gumbile.—J. R. Lowell, ‘Letters’ (1894), i. 6. (N.E.D.)
a. 1848. Ancient Job was smitten with sore biles.—Dow, Jun., ‘Patent Sermons,’ i. 161.
